Akunk

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Akunk

| native_name = Ակունք

| image_skyline = Ակունք Հին Գոմեր Գերեզմանոց 1 (13).jpg

| pushpin_map = Armenia#Gegharkunik

| mapsize = 150px

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Armenia

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gegharkunik

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Vardenis

| leader_title = Mayor

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_1_182-311.pdf|title=The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia|author=Statistical Committee of Armenia}}

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 4,443

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = AMT

| utc_offset = +4

| coordinates = {{coord|40|09|26|N|45|43|35|E|region:AM|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 1965

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 1604

| footnotes = {{GEOnet2|32FA881E75083774E0440003BA962ED3}}

}}

Akunk ({{langx|hy|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.{{cite book|last1=Kiesling| first1=Brady| first2=Raffi| last2= Kojian| year=2005 |title=Rediscovering Armenia: Guide| edition= 2nd| publisher=Matit Graphic Design Studio| location=Yerevan| page=82| isbn=99941-0-121-8}}

Gallery

Ակունք Հին Գոմեր Գերեզմանոց 1 (30).jpg|Khachkar and scenery near Akunk

Ակունք Հին Գոմեր մատուռ (1).jpg|Hin Gomer church ruin

Բնակատեղի «Կլոր դար» մ.թ.ա. 4 դ. - մ.թ. 3 դդ.,.jpg|Klor Dar cyclopean fort, 6th-4th century BC.[http://www.virtualarmenia.am/gegharkunik/bn/p5b27.htm Virtual Armenia - Gegharkunik]

Խաչքար 10-17 դդ.jpg|A khachkar, and a view of Akunk

Ակունք Հին Գոմեր Գերեզմանոց 2 (81).jpg|Hin Gomer khachkars

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