Charchakis ( hy, Ճարճակիս) is a village in the
Alagyaz Municipality of the
Aragatsotn Province
Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագածոտն, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city of the province is the town of Ashtarak. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported i ...
of
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 ' ...
. It was originally known as Charchakes and Jarjaris. Between 1978 and 2006 the village was known as ''Derek''. Derek means spring or source in
Kurmanji Kurdish
Kurmanji ( ku, کورمانجی, lit=Kurdish, translit=Kurmancî, also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northern dialect of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern ...
.
It is home to a ruined church dating back to the 5th century.
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Populated places in Aragatsotn Province
Yazidi populated places in Armenia
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