Makenis

Coordinates: 40°07′26″N 45°36′39″E / 40.12389°N 45.61083°E / 40.12389; 45.61083

Makenis Մաքենիս
Makenis
Coordinates: 40°07′26″N 45°36′39″E / 40.12389°N 45.61083°E / 40.12389; 45.61083
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Gegharkunik
Population (2001)
– Total	511
Time zone	(UTC+4)
– Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)

Makenis (Armenian: Մաքենիս, also Romanized as Mak’enis and Maqenis) is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The Makenyats Vank in the town was a major cultural and educational center of medieval Gegharkunik, which churches dating to the 10th to 13th century.

References

• Makenis at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 47; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.