Zartonk
Zartonk, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Almost 42% of the population are from the Yazidi minority.Places of Interest
Highlights include Metsamor site.
Metsamor site
Museum
Photo: Sonashen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Metsamor site is the remains of an old fortress located to the southwest of the Armenian village of Taronik, in the Armavir Province. While a belief was long held according to which the city of Metsamor was destroyed by the Urartians during the Iron Age, researchers now believe it was destroyed by Scythian or Cimmerian nomads. Metsamor site is situated 3 km northeast of Zartonk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Artashar and Yeghegnut.
Artashar
Village
Artashar is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Today, almost 42% of the population are Yazidi Kurds.
Yeghegnut
Village
Yeghegnut, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The majority of the village are Armenians with 663 of the Yazidi minority.
Aknalich
Village
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aknalich is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is situated on a lake, after which it is named, to the east of Metsamor. Aknalich village is the site of the only Yazidi temple in Armenia. Aknalich is situated 4 km north of Zartonk.
Zartonk
- Type: Village with 1,490 residents
- Description: village in Armavir Province of Armenia
- Categories: village in Armenia, residential area, and locality
- Location: Metsamor Municipality, Armavir Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.1083° or 40° 6′ 30″ northLongitude
44.16012° or 44° 9′ 36″ eastPopulation
1,490Elevation
850 metres (2,789 feet)Open location code
8HG64556+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 733473821OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Zartonk” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Zart’onk’”
- Armenian: “Zartonq”
- Armenian: “Զարթոնք”
- Azerbaijani: “Qamışlı”
- Chechen: “Зартонк”
- Chinese: “Zartonk”
- Dutch: “Zartonk”
- French: “Zartonk”
- Georgian: “ზართონქი”
- Greek: “Ζαρτόνκ”
- Italian: “Zartonk”
- Malay: “Zartonk”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Zartonk”
- Persian: “زارتونک”
- Polish: “Zartonk”
- Russian: “Зартонк”
- Scots: “Zartonk”
- Spanish: “Zartonk”
- Turkish: “Kamışlı”
- Turkish: “Zartonk”
- Ukrainian: “Зартонк”
- Uzbek: “Zartonk”
- Vietnamese: “Zartonk”
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