Sisian
- For the toun soothwast o Sisian, umwhile cried Sisian an aw, see Hatsavan, Syunik.
Sisian Սիսիան | |
|---|---|
 Sisian | |
  Sisian | |
| Coordinates: 39°31′15″N 46°01′56″E / 39.52083°N 46.03222°E | |
| Kintra |  Armenie |
| Marz | Syunik |
| Ceety status | 1974 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Aghasi Hakobjanian |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.70 km2 (14.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1600 m (5,200 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 16,735 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | GMT +4 |
| Area code(s) | +374 2830 |
| Sisian at GEOnet Names Server | |
Sisian (Armenie: Սիսիան) - a ceety in the soothren province o Syunik, Armenie. Umwhile kent as Sisakan an aw, till 1935 it wis namit Karakilise, in 1935 wis namit Sisavan, in 1940 Sisian.[2] Locatit on baith banks o Vorotan River, 6 km sooth o the Yerevan-Meghri heich-gate, at a distance o 217 km frae Yerevan an 115 km frae Kapan. Sisian forms an urban commonty (municipality). The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population wis 16,735 in 2010,[3] doun frae 16,843 at the 2001 census.[4]
Etymologie
[eedit | eedit soorce]The aurie o modren-day Sisian wis cried Sisakan durin auncient historical periods an aw. Accordin tae Movses Khorenatsi, the name o Sisakan -an subsequently Sisian- wis derivit frae Sisak,[5] a legendary ancestor o the Armenie princely hoose o Syuni.[6]
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]Historically, the territory o modren Sisian wis pairt o Tseghuk canton (Armenie: Ծղուկք գաւառ Tsghukk gavar), at the hert o the auncient province o Syunik, athin Armenie Major. Durin the 4t century, the nearbi historic dounset o Shaghat became the residence o the princes an the releegious leaders o Syunik. It remained the spiritual an the poleetical centre o the region till the end o the 10t century, when the fortifee'd toun o Kapan in Baghk canton wis selectit as caipital o the newly established Kinrick o Siwnik.[7]
Sister ceeties
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Notable fowk frae Sisian
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Nicholas Adontz (1871-1942), Armenie historian
- Israel Ori (1658-1711), Armeni diplomat
Gallery
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Sisian
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Vorotan River in Sisian -
Surb Hovhannes o Sisavank, 691 AD -
The prehistoric aircheological steid o Zorats Karer or Karahunj observatory
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Syunik regional e-Govrenance Seestem" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial govrenment. Click on airtin enteetled "Համայնքներ" (commonty) an sairch for the place bi Armenie name.
- ↑ (in Azerbaijani) Regions of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Marzes of the Republic of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT).
- ↑ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
- ↑ (in Armenie) Movses Khorenatsi. History of Armenia, 5th Century (Հայոց Պատմություն, Ե Դար). Annotated translation and commentary by Stepan Malkhasyants. Gagik Sarkisyan (ed.) Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing, 1997, 1.12, p. 88 ISBN 5-540-01192-9.
- ↑ (in Armenie) Harutyunyan, Babken. «Սիսակ» (Sisak). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. x. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1984, p. 399.
- ↑ http://hpj.asj-oa.am/969/1/1966-3(221).pdf Archived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine Kingod of Siwnik
