Hovk
Hovk is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province in Armenia. In 1988–1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village; refugees from Getashen, the villages of Shamkhor as well as from Martunashen resettled in the village.Photo: Albero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 443 residents
- Description: village in Tavush Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Akhkikhli”
- Historically known as: “Hakhkkhlu”, “Samed Vurghun”, and “Vurghun”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haghartsin and Gosh.
Haghartsin
Village
Photo: Thomas and Georgia, CC BY 2.0.
Haghartsin is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The 13th-century Haghartsin Monastery is located around 8 km northwest of the village. Haghartsin is situated 5 km west of Hovk.
Gosh
Village
Photo: GeoO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gosh is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. Gosh is situated 7 km southwest of Hovk.
Khachardzan
Village
Photo: GeoO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khachardzan is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. Prior to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the village was populated by Muslims. In 1988–1989, Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village. Khachardzan is situated 8 km south of Hovk.
Hovk
- Categories: village in Armenia, residential area, and locality
- Location: Dilijan Municipality, Tavush Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.78874° or 40° 47′ 20″ northLongitude
45.03127° or 45° 1′ 53″ eastPopulation
443Elevation
1,155 metres (3,789 feet)Open location code
8HG7Q2QJ+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 481395034OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Hovk” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هوفك”
- Armenian: “Hovq”
- Armenian: “Հախկխլու” (historical)
- Armenian: “Հովք”
- Armenian: “Սամեդ Վուրղուն” (historical)
- Armenian: “Վուրղուն” (historical)
- Azerbaijani: “Haqqıxlı”
- Catalan: “Hovk”
- Chechen: “Овк”
- Chinese: “Hovk”
- Dutch: “Hovk”
- French: “Hovk”
- Georgian: “ჰოვქი”
- Greek: “Χοβκ”
- Italian: “Aghkikhlu”
- Italian: “Hovk‘”
- Italian: “Hovk”
- Italian: “Hovq”
- Malay: “Hovk”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hovk”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Hovk”
- Persian: “هووک”
- Polish: “Howk”
- Russian: “Ахкхлу” (historical)
- Russian: “Вургун” (historical)
- Russian: “Овк”
- Russian: “Самед Вургун” (historical)
- Scots: “Hovk”
- Spanish: “Hovk”
- Turkish: “Hakkılı”
- Turkish: “Hovk”
- Uzbek: “Hovk”
- Vietnamese: “Hovk”
- Western Armenian: “Հովք”
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