40°37′00″N 43°43′31″E / 40.61667°N 43.72528°E
Isahakyan
Իսահակյան | |
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  Isahakyan  Isahakyan | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′00″N 43°43′31″E / 40.61667°N 43.72528°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Ani |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 824 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
Isahakyan (Armenian: Իսահակյան) is a village in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. It was formerly named after Ghazar Agha who organized the defense of the town against the Persians in 1826–1828; later named after poet Avetik Isahakyan, who lived there.[1]
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | |
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| 1831 | 325 | — | |
| 1897 | 596 | +0.92% | |
| 1926 | 451 | −0.96% | |
| 1939 | 596 | +2.17% | |
| 1959 | 588 | −0.07% | |
| 1970 | 502 | −1.43% | |
| 1979 | 532 | +0.65% | |
| 2001 | 960 | +2.72% | |
| 2004 | 1,065 | +3.52% | |
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| Source: [2] | |||
References
edit- ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 79, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
External links
edit- Isahakyan at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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