Kanaker ( hy, Քանաքեռ; also

Romanize Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...

d as K’anak’err, Kenaker, Kanaker, and Qanaqer) was a town in

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

to the north-east of the capital

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

. With the urban development, the village was gradually absorbed by the capital Yerevan thus becoming part of the

Kanaker-Zeytun Kanaker-Zeytun ( hy, Քանաքեռ-Զեյթուն վարչական շրջան, translit=K'anak'err-Zeytun varčakan šrĵan), is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, located in the northeastern part of the city. As of the ...

district.US embassy to Armenia's website
Many prominent Armenians are natives of Kanaker such as the writer and educator

Khachatur Abovian Khachatur Abovian ( hy, Խաչատուր Աբովյան, Khach’atur Abovyan; (disappeared)) was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was eventually presumed dead. He was ...

and the composer Djivan Gasparyan. The town was home to many churches that were severely damaged during the earthquake of 1679. The oldest church of Kanaker is Saint Jacob Church (Surp Hakop) rebuilt in 1679 after the earthquake. Holy Mother of God Church (Surp Astvatsatsin) on a hilltop to the northwest was built in 1695. The Russian Orthodox

Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God of Kanaker ( hy, Քանաքեռի Սուրբ Տիրամոր Ռուս Ուղղափառ Եկեղեցի (''Kanakeri Surb Tiramor Rus Vughghap'ar Yekeghets'i''), russian: Храм Покрова ...

was built in Kanaker in 1912. Kanaker played a key role in the Russian siege of Yerevan in 1827.

Education

Chinese-Armenian Friendship School Chinese-Armenian Friendship School ( hy, Հայ-չինական բարեկամության դպրոց, ) is a school in Kanaker, Yerevan, Armenia. It serves grades 5 through 12. It is Armenian-medium with Chinese language being a major focus of st ...

is in Kanaker.

References

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* Populated places in Yerevan {{Yerevan-geo-stub