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Arpunk

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Arpunk Արփունք
40°17′21″N 45°44′15″E / 40.28917°N 45.73750°E / 40.28917; 45.73750
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Vardenis
Elevation	2,050 m (6,730 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	568
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Postal code	1607
Arpunk at GEOnet Names Server

Arpunk (Armenian: Արփունք; Azerbaijani: Kəsəmən) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Three kilometers southeast of the village is a 15th-century church.^[2] The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.^[3]

Toponymy

The village was known as Bahar until 1978.

Notable people

Aladdin Allahverdiyev (born 1947), Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani scientist, professor (2001)

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 82. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
^ "ԱՐՓՈՒՆՔ". gegharkunik.am. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

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.