Alagyaz
Alagyaz (Armenian: Ալագյազ; Kurdish: Elegez) is a village and centre of the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most of the population are Yazidis and Kurds.[1] The village is located along the Aparan-Spitak highway.[2]
Alagyaz Ալագյազ | |
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Village and Municipality | |
Alagyaz | |
Alagyaz Alagyaz | |
| Coordinates: 40°40′53″N 44°17′25″E / 40.68139°N 44.29028°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Aragatsotn |
| Municipality | Alagyaz |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 469 (village) 4,856 (municipality) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
History edit
The settlement was founded in the 19th century.[3] Between 1828 to 1829, a few Armenian families moved to the village from Mush and Aintab.[2] It was known as Mets Jamshlu until it was renamed to its present name in 1938. From 1938-1949, it served as the center of the Alagyaz region of the Armenian SSR. During Soviet times, the community was mostly agricultural engaged in grain cultivation and working at the local Soviet dairy factory. By 1970, the village had a cheese factory, secondary school, hospital, pharmacy, cultural center, library, veterinary clinic, communication department, and a cinema.[3] In 1937, the first ever state-sponsored Kurdish theatre was founded in the Alagyaz village of Armenia.[4] On March 15, 1972, the village became part of the Aragats district of the Armenian SSR.[2] Alagyaz is known as the cultural centre of Kurds in Armenia, producing over 20 scientists, artists and 2 academicians.[5]
Notes edit
- ^ "Հայաստանի Հարապետության մարզերի և քաղաք Երևանի մշտական բնակչության բաշխումն ըստ էթնիկ ծագման /ՀՀ 2011թ. Մարդահամարի արդյունքներով/" (PDF) (in Armenian). Government of Armenia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Hakobyan, Tadevos Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, Stepan T.; Barseghyan, Hovhannes Kh. (1986). "Ալագյազ [Alagyaz]". Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան [Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan State University Press. p. 56. OCLC 247335945.
- ^ a b Viktor Ambartsumian, ed. (1974). "ԱԼԱԳՅԱԶ [Alagyaz]". Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan: Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR. p. 134. OCLC 22420067.
- ^ Rostami, Mari (2021). "A History of Kurdish Theatre". In Bozarslan, Hamit; Gunes, Cengiz; Yadirgi, Veli (eds.). The Cambridge History of the Kurds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 729–751. doi:10.1017/9781108623711.030.
- ^ Hovhannisyan, Hasmik (8 October 2007). "Kurds in Armenia". Armenia: Hetq. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
External links edit
- Alagyaz at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia