Zangakatun

Zangakatun
Զանգակատուն
Zangakatun
Coordinates:
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Ararat
Population (2008)
 • Total 1,227
Time zone   (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Zangakatun (Armenian: Զանգակատուն; until 1948, Chanakhchi and Russified as Nizhniye Chanakhchi, from 1948-1992, Sovetashen) is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Zangakatun is the birthplace and burial site of Paruyr Sevak; his house is a museum. The town also has a tenth century chapel.

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