Hovk

Hovk (Armenian: Հովք; Azerbaijani: Haqqıxlı, anglicized: Haggikhly) is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province in Armenia. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village;[2] refugees from Getashen, the villages of Shamkhor as well as from Martunashen resettled in the village.[3]

Hovk
Հովք
Hovk
Coordinates: 40°47′28″N 45°01′21″E
Country Armenia
ProvinceTavush
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total435
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Toponymy

The village was originally known as Aghkikhlu. In 1978, it was renamed honor of Azeri poet and dramatist Samed Vurghun (1906-1956), a winner of the Lenin Prize.[4] After the independence of Armenia, on April 3, 1991, by the decision of the Supreme Council of Armenia, Samed Vurghun was renamed Hovk.[5]

  • Nature around Hovk
  • A view of Hovk
  • Nature around Hovk

References
  1. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. "Աղավնավանք (Սալահ), Հովք (Հախկխլու, Վուրղուն), Խաչարձան (Փոլադ) գյուղերը". aniarc.am. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. "Տավուշի մարզի Հովք գյուղի բնակիչներին խոշորացումը ոչինչ չի տվել". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայան (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  4. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 111, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "ԻՐՏԵԿ - Իրավական տեղեկատվական կենտրոն". irtek.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-03-19.
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