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Khnkoyan () is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is located on the banks of the Pambak River, near its source, 48 km southwest of the provincial capital of Vanadzor. Known as Gharaboya until 1946, it was renamed in honor of its most famous native, the children's author Atabek Khnkoyan (Khnko Aper), whose house museum is located in the village.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Khnkoyan
Settlement.native_name
Խնկոյան
Settlement.pushpin_map
Armenia
Settlement.mapsize
150px
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Armenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Marz (Province)
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lori Province
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
259
Settlement.timezone
 
Settlement.utc_offset
+4
Settlement.timezone_DST
 
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+5
Settlement.elevation_m
1800

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Khnko Aper
Country
Armenia
Located in
Spitak raion
Official language
Armenian
Population
387
Elevation
1800
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Image
Լոռի․Խնկոյան.jpg
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Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Commons category
Khnkoyan
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Khnkoyan () is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is located on the banks of the Pambak River, near its source, 48 km southwest of the provincial capital of Vanadzor. Known as Gharaboya until 1946, it was renamed in honor of its most famous native, the children's author Atabek Khnkoyan (Khnko Aper), whose house museum is located in the village.

The main economic activities are cattle breeding and cultivation of grain, fodder crops, beets and fruits. As of 1980, there were quarries producing construction materials in the village. It has a school, a club, a library, and a nursery-kindergarten. It has a temperate climate, with mild summers (maximum temperature 27 °C) and long, frosty winters lasting about 5 months.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khnkoyan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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