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Akunk, Kotayk

Coordinates: 40°16′09″N 44°41′01″E / 40.26917°N 44.68361°E / 40.26917; 44.68361
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Akunk
Ակունք
Village
Akunk is located in Armenia
Akunk
Akunk
Coordinates: 40°16′09″N 44°41′01″E / 40.26917°N 44.68361°E / 40.26917; 44.68361
CountryArmenia
Marz (Province)Kotayk
Founded1829
Government
 • MayorHunan Rubenyan
Area
 • Total23.7 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Elevation
1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total1,941
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )
SOURB KARAPET CHURCH, AKOONCK VILLAGE, KOTAYK REGION, ARMENIA.

Akunk (Armenian: Ակունք, also Romanized as Akunq; formerly until 1946, Bashgyukh) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, located 6 km northeast of Abovyan and situated at the foot of Mount Hatis. The village was founded in 1829 by Armenian immigrants from Persia and Western Armenia, while the current population is Armenian and Yazidi. The local economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, based primarily on grain farming, orchard cultivation, and cattle-breeding. Akunk has a school, house of culture, library, and east of the village is a shrine of Poghos-Petros of the Late Middle Ages. A cyclopean fortress is also nearby.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Akunk (Kotayk)". CAA: Union of Communities of Armenia. Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  2. ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 99. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.