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Aknashen (Armenian: Ակնաշեն, also Romanized as Aknachen; until 1978, Khatunarkh Verin, Verin Khatunarkh, and Khatunarkh, also Russified as Verkhniy Khatunarkh) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town's church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew; nearby is a ruin of an 8th-century building.

Aknashen Ակնաշեն
Aknashen Ակնաշեն
Coordinates: 40°05′45″N 44°17′10″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Armavir
Population  (2008)
• Total	1,479
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Archaeology

Evidence from charred remains and crop processing residues in pisé from the Neolithic settlements of Aratashen and Aknashen.[1] Recently, an 8000-year old settlement was excavated at Aknashen[2]

See also

• Armavir Province

References

• Aknashen at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazetteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

На других языках

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- [en] Aknashen

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[ru] Акнашен

Акнашен (арм. Ակնաշեն) — село в Армавирской области Армении.

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