Official Name: | Zolakar |
Native Name: | Զոլաքար |
Pushpin Map: | Armenia#Gegharkunik |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gegharkunik |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Martuni |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1829 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 6,381 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AMT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.125°N 45.375°W |
Elevation M: | 1999 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1407 |
Zolakar (Armenian: Զոլաքար), is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
The village was known as Zolakhach until 1935.
The village was founded in 1829 by emigrants from Alashkert. Zolakar is home to the historic St. George's Church, Tukh Manuk chapels, as well as Bronze Age cemeteries. In the center of the village is a funerary monument.[2]