Hovk

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

Hovk (Armenian: Հովք) is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province in Armenia. In 1988–1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village;[2] refugees from Getashen, the villages of Shamkhor as well as from Martunashen (present-day Qarabulaq) resettled in the village.[3]

Etymology

The village was originally known as Haqqikhli. In 1978, it was renamed honor of Azerbaijani 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

1. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
2. "Աղավնավանք (Սալահ), Հովք (Հախկխլու, Վուրղուն), Խաչարձան (Փոլադ) գյուղերը". ANI Armenian Research Center. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2021.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. "Տավուշի մարզի Հովք գյուղի բնակիչներին խոշորացումը ոչինչ չի տվել". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-03-19.
4. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 111, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
5. "ԻՐՏԵԿ - Իրավական տեղեկատվական կենտրոն". irtek.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-03-19.

External links

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