Angeghakot

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Angeghakot
Անգեղակոթ
-Անգեղակոթ Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի.jpg
Angeghakot is located in Armenia
Angeghakot
Angeghakot
Coordinates: 39°34′05″N 45°56′38″E / 39.56806°N 45.94389°E / 39.56806; 45.94389Coordinates: 39°34′05″N 45°56′38″E / 39.56806°N 45.94389°E / 39.56806; 45.94389
Country Armenia
ProvinceSyunik
MunicipalitySisian
Area
[1]
 • Total45.79 km2 (17.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total1,582
 • Density35/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Angeghakot at GEOnet Names Server

Angeghakot (Armenian: Անգեղակոթ) is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. A large reservoir, the Angeghakot Reservoir, spanning more than the entire length of the village lies to the south.

Demographics[]

In 1908, Angeghakot, then known as Angelaut (Russian: Ангелаут), had a predominantly Armenian population of 1,520 within the Zangezur Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire.[3] The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported its population as 2,057 in 2010,[4] up from 1,860 at the 2001 census.[5]

Notable people[]

Gallery[]

  • Angeghakot Reservoir

  • Hazaraprkich Church

  • Megalithic rings in Angeghakot

  • Khachkar

  • Saint Vardan chapel

  • Khachkar

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
  3. ^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1910 год (in Russian). Tiflis: Office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus. 1910. p. 182.
  4. ^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  5. ^ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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