Coordinates: 40°47′28″N 45°01′21″E / 40.79111°N 45.02250°E / 40.79111; 45.02250

Hovk

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40°47′28″N 45°01′21″E / 40.79111°N 45.02250°E / 40.79111; 45.02250

Hovk
Հովք
CountryArmenia
Marz (Province)Tavush
Population
 (2001)
 • Total499
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 ( )

Hovk (Armenian: Հովք, also Romanized as Hovk’ and Hovq; formerly, Aghkikhlu and Samed Vurghun) is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town was renamed for a while in honor of Azeri poet and dramatist Samed Vurghun (1906-1956), winner of the Lenin Prize.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 111, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website


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