Aknaghbyur

Armenia / Tavush / Achajur /
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Aknaghbyur (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. 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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aknaghbyur
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Coordinates:   40°57'39"N   45°9'29"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago