Azatek

Coordinates: 39°39′00″N 45°26′18″E / 39.65000°N 45.43833°E / 39.65000; 45.43833

Azatek
Ազատեկ
Azatek
Ազատեկ
Coordinates: 39°39′00″N 45°26′18″E / 39.65000°N 45.43833°E / 39.65000; 45.43833
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Vayots Dzor
Population (2001)
  Total 600
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Azatek (Armenian: Ազատեկ) is a village in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. Residents of the village came from Salmast in 1828. In the vicinity is a 17-18th-century church and ruins of a fortress locally known as Smbataberd. Two km south is S. Hakop shrine of 1072 with a shrine of S. Marinos nearby as well.

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