Aknalich
| Aknalich Ակնալիճ | |
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The Aknalich lake in Aknalich village | |
  Aknalich | |
| Coordinates: 40°14′N 44°15′E / 40.233°N 44.250°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Armavir |
| Elevation | 856 m (2,808 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 2,882 |
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Coordinates: 40°14′N 44°15′E / 40.233°N 44.250°E Aknalich (Armenian: Ակնալիճ; formerly, Aygherlich) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is situated on a lake, after which it is named, to the east of Metsamor.
Aknalich village is the site of the only Yazidi temple in Armenia; a larger temple is planned to be built in the village by 2017.[1]
The Aknalich lake
See also
- Yazidis in Armenia
- Yazidi Temple
References
- Aknalich at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 37; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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