Aghvorik
Place in Shirak, Armenia
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Aghvorik (Armenian: Աղվորիկ) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
Aghvorik
Աղվորիկ | |
|---|---|
  Aghvorik  Aghvorik | |
| Coordinates: 41°04′33″N 43°45′18″E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Amasia |
| Elevation | 2,050 m (6,730 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 89[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Aghvorik at GEOnet Names Server | |
History
Some of the ancestors of the village population emigrated from Western Armenia in 1828–1830. The village was mostly populated by Azerbaijanis. In 1988-1989, during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, local Azeris moved to Azerbaijan, and Armenian families resettled in the village.[2]
