Tanahat
Tanahat (Armenian: Թանահատ) is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.
Tanahat
Թանահատ | |
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Tanahat | |
Coordinates: 39°26′03″N 45°55′36″E | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Syunik |
Municipality | Sisian |
Area | |
• Total | 11.56 km2 (4.46 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 7 |
• Density | 0.61/km2 (1.6/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
Tanahat at GEOnet Names Server |
Toponymy
The village was previously known as Dzhomardlu.
History
The village has an ancient Armenian monastery named the Tanahat Monastery.
Prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Tanahat was home to 70 Azerbaijani families and had a regular bus service to Baku.[3] The grandfather of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, was born in this village.
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tanahat church of Arevis. |
- "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 the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
- In Armenia, Azerbaijani Leader's Ancestral Village Lies Abandoned
- "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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