Ayrk
Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia
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Ayrk (Armenian: Այրք) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
Ayrk
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Church in Ayrk | |
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| Coordinates: 40°07′26″N 45°47′26″E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Gegharkunik |
| Municipality | Vardenis |
| Elevation | 2,151 m (7,057 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 317 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
| Postal code | 1605 |
| Ayrk at GEOnet Names Server | |
History
The village contains the Church of St. Astvatsatsin dated to 1181 AD, and the 13th-century Katoghike St. Gevorg church, 150 meters apart from each other. Both churches have large adjoining cemeteries, and between them are the remains of massive stone walls of an Iron Age fortification with shallow caves below.[2]
In 1953, part of the population of Dashkent, at the suggestion of the leadership of the Azerbaijan SSR, moved to the Barda region and founded a village there under the same name Yeni Dashkend.[3]
Gallery
Khachkars in Ayrk
Notable people
- Rustam Dastanoglu (born 1960), is an Azerbaijani writer-publicist.
