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Aknaghbyur

Ակնաղբյուր
Aknaghbyur Ակնաղբյուր
	Vardan Mamikonian's oak and khachkar in Aknaghbyur
	Aknaghbyur Aknaghbyur
	Coordinates: 40°57′30″N 45°09′23″E / 40.95833°N 45.15639°E
Country	Armenia
Province	Tavush
Municipality	Ijevan
Population (2011)
• Total	509
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
	Aknaghbyur at GEOnet Names Server

40°57′30″N 45°09′23″E / 40.95833°N 45.15639°E / 40.95833; 45.15639

Aknaghbyur (Armenian: Ակնաղբյուր) is a village in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia.

Toponymy

The village was known as Nerkin Agdan and Nerkin Aghdan (rendered as Nizhniy Agdan in Russian) until 1967, and Morut from 1967 to 1970.

History

Aknaghbyur was founded in 451 in honor of Vardan Mamikonian and is one of Armenia's oldest rural communities.^[2] In recent years, ArmeniaFund has launched and completed several vital projects on the infrastructure of the town, such as the construction of a gas pipeline and an irrigation system and the renovation of the drinking-water system.^[2]

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "Armenia Fund begins reconstruction of drinking-water system in Aknaghbyur Village". Archived from the original on 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

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.

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[2011census-1] Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).

[ArmeniaFund-2] "Armenia Fund begins reconstruction of drinking-water system in Aknaghbyur Village". Archived from the original on 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

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