Zangakatun

Coordinates: 39°48′34″N 45°03′04″E / 39.80944°N 45.05111°E / 39.80944; 45.05111

Zangakatun
Զանգակատուն

Paruyr Sevak House-Museum in Zangakatun
Zangakatun
Coordinates: 39°48′34″N 45°03′04″E / 39.80944°N 45.05111°E / 39.80944; 45.05111
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Ararat
Population (2008)
  Total 1,227
Time zone   (UTC+4)

Zangakatun (Armenian: Զանգակատուն; until 1948, Chanakhchi and Russified as Nizhniye Chanakhchi, from 1948-1992, Sovetashen) is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Zangakatun is the birthplace and burial site of Paruyr Sevak; his house is a museum. The village is also home to a 10th-century chapel.

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