Charchakis

40°42′02″N 44°19′28″E

Charchakis Ճարճակիս
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Coordinates: 40°42′12″N 44°19′34″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Aragatsotn
Municipality	Alagyaz
Population  (2011)
• Total	443[1]
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Dzhardzharis church

Charchakis (Armenian: Ճարճակիս) is a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was originally known as Charchakes and Jarjaris. Between 1978 and 2006 the village was known as Derek.^[2] Derek means spring or source in Kurmanji Kurdish.^[3] It is home to a ruined church dating back to the 5th century.

References

1. "Aragatsotn (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
2. "Հայաստանի եւ հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան, Թ.Խ. Հակոբյան, Ստ.Տ. Մելիք-Բախշյան, Հ.Խ. Բարսեղյան - Դերեկ". www.nayiri.com. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
3. "Ճարճակիս" (PDF). archive.fo. 2019-09-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2019-09-04.

• Charchakis at GEOnet Names Server
• 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.