Tanahat

This article is about the village in Syunik. For the medieval Armenian monastery in Vayots Dzor, see Tanahat Monastery.

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

Tanahat Թանահատ
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Coordinates: 39°26′03″N 45°55′36″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Syunik
Municipality	Sisian
Area [1]
• Total	11.56 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	7
• Density	0.61/km2 (1.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
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History

The village has an ancient Armenian monastery named the Tanahat Monastery.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and Armenia's independence, its Azerbaijani inhabitants fled at the onset of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1988, and it was later resettled by Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan.^[3]

Prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Tanahat was home to 70 Azerbaijani families and had a regular bus service to Baku. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev’s grandfather was born in this village.^[3]

Demographics

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population as 76 in 2010,^[4] up from 42 at the 2001 census.^[5]

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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 Armenia" (PDF).
3. Jardine, Bradley; Hauer, Neil (19 March 2018). "In Armenia, Azerbaijani Leader's Ancestral Village Lies Abandoned". eurasianet.org. Eurasianet. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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