| Official Name: | Berdkunk |
| Native Name: | Բերդկունք |
| Pushpin Map: | Armenia#Gegharkunik |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gegharkunik |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gavar |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 296 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | AMT |
| Utc Offset: | +4 |
| Coordinates: | 40.4444°N 45.1006°W |
| Elevation M: | 1930 |
Berdkunk (hy|Բերդկունք) is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
The village was previously known as Aghkala or Aghgala (az|Ağqala;[2] ;), consisting of Turkic agh (ağ, meaning "white") and Arabic gala (qala, meaning "castle" or "tower"). Berdkunk is a combination of two words in Armenian: berd (բերդ, meaning "fortress") and kunk (կունք, meaning "place" or "foundation").
The village was once a transit point on the ancient road between Dvin and Partev. There are cyclopean fortresses nearby with megalithic tombs. One of the fortresses in particular, Berdkunk Fortress (also known as Ishkhanats Amrots and Spitak Berd), is located along the eastern edge of the village and was built in the 10th century BC.[3] There is also an 11–12th century church, a 12–20th century cemetery, and 16–17th century tombstones in the village.
Berdkunk, then known as Aghkala, was part of the Nor Bayazet uezd of the Erivan Governorate within the Russian Empire. Bournoutian presents the statistics of the village in the early 20th century as follows:
| Ownership | Treasury | |
|---|---|---|
| Inhabited space | 27 desyatinas (0.44 sq km) | |
| Unirrigated plowed fields | 633 desyatinas (10.37 sq km) | |
| Yaylaks | 233 desyatinas (3.82 sq km) | |
| Total land | 893 desyatinas (14.63 sq km) | |
| Total households | 62 (All Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani)) | |
| Total income | 1,436.50 rubles | |
| Total land taxes | 320.12 rubles | |
| Army tax | 18.87 rubles | |
| Upkeep of officials | 215.39 rubles | |
| Total revenue | 554.38 rubles | |
| Large livestock | 620 | |
| Small livestock | 990 |
The population of the village is engaged with animal husbandry, cultivation of forage crops and potatoes.
The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:
| Year | Population | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 | 39 | 100% Muslim | |
| 1873 | 191 | 100% Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) | |
| 1886 | 253 | ||
| 1897 | 331 | 100% Muslim | |
| 1904 | 424 | ||
| 1914 | 507 | Mainly Tatar. Also recorded as 448 | |
| 1916 | 520 | ||
| 1919 | 0 | Formerly Turkish | |
| 1922 | 34 | 31 Armenians, 3 Turkish-Tatars | |
| 1926 | 224 | 105 Armenians, 76 Turks, 43 others | |
| 1931 | 368 | 202 Turks, 111 Armenians, 55 others | |
| 2001 | 253 | ||
| 2004 | 265 | ||
| 2011 | 296 |