Sisian

Sisian (Armenie: Սիսիան) - a ceety in the soothren province o Syunik, Armenie. Umwhile kent as Sisakan an aw, till 1935 it wis namit Karakilise, in 1935 wis namit Sisavan, in 1940 Sisian.^[2] Locatit on baith banks o Vorotan River, 6 km sooth o the Yerevan-Meghri heich-gate, at a distance o 217 km frae Yerevan an 115 km frae Kapan. Sisian forms an urban commonty (municipality). The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population wis 16,735 in 2010,^[3] doun frae 16,843 at the 2001 census.^[4]

For the toun soothwast o Sisian, umwhile cried Sisian an aw, see Hatsavan, Syunik.

Sisian Սիսիան
commonty
Sisian
Sisian
Coordinates: 39°31′15″N 46°01′56″E
Kintra	Armenie
Marz	Syunik
Ceety status	1974
Govrenment
• Mayor	Aghasi Hakobjanian
Area [1]
• Total	36.70 km2 (14.17 sq mi)
Elevation	1600 m (5,200 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	16,735
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT +4
Area code(s)	+374 2830
Sisian at GEOnet Names Server

Etymologie

The aurie o modren-day Sisian wis cried Sisakan durin auncient historical periods an aw. Accordin tae Movses Khorenatsi, the name o Sisakan -an subsequently Sisian- wis derivit frae Sisak,^[5] a legendary ancestor o the Armenie princely hoose o Syuni.^[6]

History

Historically, the territory o modren Sisian wis pairt o Tseghuk canton (Armenie: Ծղուկք գաւառ Tsghukk gavar), at the hert o the auncient province o Syunik, athin Armenie Major. Durin the 4t century, the nearbi historic dounset o Shaghat became the residence o the princes an the releegious leaders o Syunik. It remained the spiritual an the poleetical centre o the region till the end o the 10t century, when the fortifee'd toun o Kapan in Baghk canton wis selectit as caipital o the newly established Kinrick o Siwnik.^[7]

Sister ceeties

• Nea Smyrni, Greece
• Slutsk, Belaroushie
• Montélimar, Fraunce

Notable fowk frae Sisian

• Nicholas Adontz (1871-1942), Armenie historian
• Israel Ori (1658-1711), Armeni diplomat

Gallery

• Sisian
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  Vorotan River in Sisian
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  Surb Hovhannes o Sisavank, 691 AD
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  The prehistoric aircheological steid o Zorats Karer or Karahunj observatory

References

1. "Syunik regional e-Govrenance Seestem" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial govrenment. Click on airtin enteetled "Համայնքներ" (commonty) an sairch for the place bi Armenie name.
2. (in Azerbaijani) Regions of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Marzes of the Republic of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT).
4. Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
5. (in Armenie) Movses Khorenatsi. History of Armenia, 5th Century (Հայոց Պատմություն, Ե Դար). Annotated translation and commentary by Stepan Malkhasyants. Gagik Sarkisyan (ed.) Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing, 1997, 1.12, p. 88 ISBN 5-540-01192-9.
6. (in Armenie) Harutyunyan, Babken. «Սիսակ» (Sisak). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. x. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1984, p. 399.
7. http://hpj.asj-oa.am/969/1/1966-3(221).pdf Archived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine Kingod of Siwnik