Aknalich

Aknalich Ակնալիճ
The Aknalich lake in Aknalich village
Aknalich
Coordinates: 40°8′26″N 44°9′38″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Armavir
Elevation	856 m (2,808 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	2,882

Aknalich (or Aknalitch, Armenian: Ակնալիճ; formerly, Aygherlich) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is situated on a lake, after which it is named, to the east of Metsamor.

Aknalich village is the site of the only Yazidi temple in Armenia. A new temple in the village known as Quba Mere Diwane, opened in September 2019. It is the world's largest Yazidi Temple. The 25 meter tall temple was funded by Armenian-born, Russia-based Yezidi businessman Mirza Sloian.

Gallery

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  Aknalich lake
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  Aknalich Yazidi Temple

See also

• Armavir Province
• Quba Mere Diwane
• List of Yazidi holy places
• Yazidis in Armenia

References

• Aknalich at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazetteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.