Zorakert
Zorakert
Զորակերտ | |
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  Zorakert  Zorakert | |
| Coordinates: 41°05′34″N 43°39′35″E / 41.09278°N 43.65972°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Amasia |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 145 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
Zorakert (Armenian: Զորակերտ) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
Name
Zorakert was formerly known as Balekhli (Armenian: Բալըխլի, Azerbaijani: Balıqlı). It was renamed Zorakert in April 1991.
History
Zorakert was founded in the early nineteenth century. Its inhabitants moved there from the nearby village of Khanjalli, which is now abandoned. The village was previously populated mainly by Karapapakhs, a Turkic-speaking Sunni Muslim ethnic group. In the Tsarist period, the village was a part of the Agbaba sub-county (uchastok) of the Kars Oblast, which was annexed by the Russian Empire after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Unlike the rest of the Kars Oblast, the Agbaba sub-county was not ceded to Turkey in 1921 and remained a part of Soviet Armenia. In the Soviet period, the village fell under the Amasia District of Soviet Armenia. Zorakert's Turkic population left mainly in late 1988. The village is now inhabited by Armenians.
Geography
Zorakert is located on the northeastern shore of Lake Arpi, in a rocky and hilly area, at an elevation of 2030 meters above sea level. The climate is cold and precipitation is plenty. The village receives its drinking water through a pipeline from a source 4 kilometers away. It is 50 kilometers away from the provincial capital of Gyumri.
Landmarks
A mosque dating to the 19th or 20th century is located in the village. The remains of an ancient fortress and gravesite are located on the hill to the northeast of the village.
Economy
The main economic activities of the village are animal husbandry and the cultivation of vegetable crops.
Demographics
The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:
| Year | Population |
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| 1886 | 205 |
| 1912 | 398 |
| 1922 | 119 |
| 1931 | 205 |
| 1964 | 300 |
| 1970 | 440 |
| 1979 | 472 |
| 1989 | 212 |
| 2001 | 152 |
| 2004 | 109 |
| 2011 | 145 |
References
- ^ "Population Census 2011: Distribution of RA De facto and De jure Population by RA administrative-territorial units" (PDF). Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
- ^ Hakobyan, Tadevos Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, Stepan T.; Barseghyan, Hovhannes Kh. (1986). Բալըխլի. Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան [Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories]] (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan State University Publishing House. p. 556.
- ^ Hakobyan, Tatul (13 November 2021). Զորակերտ գյուղի բնակչությունը 1886-1931 թվականներին. Ամասիայի շրջան [Population of Zorakert village 1886-1931. Amasia district]. ANI Armenian Research Center (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Կառավարության որոշում․ 9 սեպտեմբերի 2004 թվականի N 1270-Ն․ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Շիրակի մարզի պատմության և մշակույթի անշարժ հուշարձանների պետական ցուցակը հաստատելու մասին [Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia. September 9, 2004 N 1270-N. On approving the state list of immovable monuments of history and culture of Shirak Province of the Republic of Armenia]. Armenian Legal Information System (in Armenian). 9 September 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1912 год [Caucasian calendar for 1912] (in Russian) (67th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1912. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
- Zorakert at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Capital: Gyumri | ||
| Urban settlements |  | |
| Akhuryan Municipality | ||
| Amasia Municipality | ||
| Ani Municipality | ||
| Artik Municipality | ||
| Ashotsk Municipality | ||
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