Akunk

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Akunk Ակունք

40°09′26″N 45°43′35″E / 40.15722°N 45.72639°E / 40.15722; 45.72639
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Vardenis
Elevation	1,965 m (6,447 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	4,443
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Postal code	1604
Akunk at GEOnet Names Server

Akunk (Armenian: Ակունք) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

History

The village was founded on the site of a Bronze Age settlement and to the west of Akunk, there is a cyclopean fort, Klor Dar, dating from between the 6th and 4th centuries BC. There are two Tukh Manuk pilgrimage sites in the village as well.^[2]

Gallery

Khachkar and scenery near Akunk
Hin Gomer church ruin
Klor Dar cyclopean fort, 6th-4th century BC.^[3]
A khachkar, and a view of Akunk
Hin Gomer khachkars

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Akunk.

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 82. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
^ Virtual Armenia - Gegharkunik

External links

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.