Ishkhanasar (Armenian: Իշխանասար) is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.
Ishkhanasar
Իշխանասար | |
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 Scenery around nearby mountain Mets Ishkhanasar | |
  Ishkhanasar  Ishkhanasar | |
| Coordinates: 39°33′36″N 46°02′37″E / 39.56000°N 46.04361°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Syunik |
| Municipality | Sisian |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.75 km2 (4.92 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 294 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
| Ishkhanasar at GEOnet Names Server | |
The village is located close to the Azerbaijani border, which until 2020 was controlled by the Armenian Republic of Artsakh. During the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village came under shelling.[3]
Etymology
editThe village is named in honour of Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian (nom de guerre: Ishkhan), a resistance leader during the Armenian genocide.
Demographics
editThe Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population as 271 in 2010,[4] up from 147 at the 2001 census.[5]
Gallery
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Scenery around Mets Ishkhanasar, several kilometers to the east of the village, near the Armenia–Azerbaijan border -
Scenery around Mets Ishkhanasar -
Lake Sev (Armenian: Սև լիճ, romanized: Sev Lich, lit. 'Black Lake'), located to the east of Mets Ishkhanasar -
Mets Ishkhanasar
References
edit- ^ "Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
- ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
- ^ Murdock, Heather (2023-10-04). "Reporter's Notebook: The End of Artsakh". Voice of America. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
- ^ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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