Hovk (Armenian: Հովք; Azerbaijani: Haqqıxlı, anglicized: Haggikhly) is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province in Armenia. 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;[2] refugees from Getashen, the villages of Shamkhor as well as from Martunashen resettled in the village.[3]

Hovk Հովք
Hovk Show map of Armenia Hovk Show map of Tavush
Coordinates: 40°47′28″N 45°01′21″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Tavush
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	435
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)

Toponymy

The village was originally known as Aghkikhlu. In 1978, it was renamed honor of Azeri poet and dramatist Samed Vurghun (1906-1956), a winner of the Lenin Prize.[4] After the independence of Armenia, on April 3, 1991, by the decision of the Supreme Council of Armenia, Samed Vurghun was renamed Hovk.[5]

Gallery

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  Nature around Hovk
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  A view of Hovk
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  Nature around Hovk

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hovk.

• Hovk at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia

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