Aknaghbyur

Coordinates: 40°57′30″N 45°09′23″E / 40.95833°N 45.15639°E / 40.95833; 45.15639

Aknaghbyur Ակնաղբյուր
Aknaghbyur
Coordinates: 40°57′30″N 45°09′23″E / 40.95833°N 45.15639°E / 40.95833; 45.15639
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Tavush
Population (2009[1])
– Total	551
Time zone	(UTC+4)
– Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)

Aknaghbyur (Armenian: Ակնաղբյուր; until 1967, Nerkin Agdan and Nerkin Aghdan, Russified as Nizhniy Agdan, from 1967 to 1970, Morut) is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia. Aknaghbyur was founded in 451 in honor of Vartan Mamikonian and is one of Armenia’s oldest rural communities.^[1] In recent years, ArmeniaFund has launched and completed several vital projects on the infrastructure of the town, such as the construction of a gas pipeline and an irrigation system and the renovation of the drinking-water system.^[1]

References

• Aknaghbyur at GEOnet Names Server (as Nerkin Agdan)
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 115; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

1. ^ ^{a b c} Armenia Fund begins reconstruction of drinking-water system in Aknaghbyur Village