Ishkhanasar

Ishkhanasar (Armenian: Իշխանասար) is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

Ishkhanasar Իշխանասար
Scenery around nearby mountain Mets Ishkhanasar
Ishkhanasar Show map of Armenia Ishkhanasar Show map of Syunik Province
Coordinates: 39°33′36″N 46°02′37″E / 39.56000°N 46.04361°E / 39.56000; 46.04361
Country	Armenia
Province	Syunik
Municipality	Sisian
Area ^[1]
• Total	12.75 km² (4.92 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[2]
• Total	294
• Density	23/km² (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Ishkhanasar at GEOnet Names Server

Etymology edit

The village is named in honour of Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian (nom de guerre: Ishkhan), a resistance leader during the Armenian genocide.

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population as 271 in 2010,^[3] up from 147 at the 2001 census.^[4]

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

^ "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).
^ "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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