Hankavan

Hankavan (Armenie: Հանքավան, an aa Romanized as Hank’avan, Ankavan an Hanqavan; umwhile, Mikhaylovka an Miskhana) is a toun in the Kotayk Province o Armenie alang in the Marmarik River belaw the Pambak Muntain Range. It is notit for its mineral springs, which wur uised as pairt o a sanitarium industry durin the Soviet period.^[1]

Hankavan Հանքավան
Hankavan
Coordinates: 40°38′39″N 44°28′53″E
Kintra	Armenie
Marz (Province)	Kotayk
Elevation	1990 m (6,530 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	111
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Demografics

Hankavan is ane o the last Greek commonties in Armenie.^[1] Afore you are in the veelage itsel, you can see a kirk an graveyard belaw you tae the left. The kirk wis biggit bi Greeks who escaped the 1827 genocide. Graves date back tae that early time. Aw aroond you can see Greek hames an gardens. Oreeginally 7 families immigratit tae this veelage, a number that grew tae a thrivin veelage o 250 families. Wha remains are aboot 50 families who trace their ancestry tae the Greek mainland.

Industry

A gowd mine locatit in the veelage wis recently sauld for aroond $30 million.^[2]

References

• Hankavan at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie