Khnatsakh ( hy, Խնածախ) is a village in the

Tegh Municipality Tegh Municipality, referred to as Tegh Community ( hy, Տեղ Համայնք ''Tegh Hamaynk''), is a rural community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, it ...

of the

Syunik Province Syunik ( hy, Սյունիք, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. I ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

. Khnatsakh is known for being one of the ancient residences of the Kashatagh

meliks Мelik (also transliterated as ''Meliq'') ( ''melikʿ''; from ar, ملك ''malik'' (king)) was a hereditary Armenian noble title, in various Eastern Armenian principalities known as ''melikdom''s encompassing modern Yerevan, Kars, Nakhichev ...

and contains the partially ruined palace of Melik Hakhnazar I.Карагезян А. К локализации гавара Кашатаг // Вестн. обществ. наук АН АрмССР. 1987. № 1. С. 44—45.

History

Melikdom of Kashatagh

The

Melikdom of Kashatagh The Melikdom of Kashatagh ( Armenian: Քաշաթաղի մելիքություն) was an Armenian melikdom (principality) which existed in the 15th–18th centuries. It was located along the Hakari River, on the southeastern section of the mod ...

was founded at the end of the 15th century by Melik Haykaz I, also the founder of the Melik-Haykazyan dynasty (the youngest branch of the Armenian princely dynasty of Proshyan). Previously, the Kashatagh region was first ruled by the Orbelian family, and then by the Shahurnetsi clan. Haykaz I was succeeded by his son, Hakhnazar I, who died in 1551. Hakhnazar's grave survived until the 1930s.Кристине Костикян «Քաշաթաղի 17-րդ դարի պատմությանը վերաբերող մի փաստաթուղթ» (Документ относящийся к истории Кашатага в 17 веке) из «Страны и народы Ближнего Среднего Востока. Том XX», стр. 168—171. Институт востоковедения Национальной Академии наук Армении; Ереван, 2001. One of the ancient residences of the Kashatagh

is located in Khnatsakh and contains the partially ruined palace of Melik Hakhnazar I. Another palace of Melik Haykaz I, built in the late 15th century, is located close to the village of Melikashen (today Hüsülü), near the

Tsitsernavank Monastery Tsitsernavank ( hy, Ծիծեռնավանք) is a fifth-to-sixth century Armenian Apostolic monastery in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan. The monastery is within five kilometers of the border of Armenia's province of Syunik, in an area historica ...

. The names of Melik Hakhhnazar and his brother Haykaz (who is also mentioned in the document of 1691/92 as one of the witnesses) are part of the 1682 inscription on the facade of the entrance to the Church of the Holy Virgin in the village of

Mirik Mirik is a small town and a Notified Area of Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Mirik subdivision. The name ''Mirik'' comes from the Lepcha language, Lepcha words ''Mir-Yok'' meaning "place bur ...

Demographics

Population

The

Statistical Committee of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե) is the national statistical agency of Armenia. History The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was ...

reported its population as 1,073 in 2010, up from 1,021 at the 2001 census.

Gallery

ԵԿԵՂԵՑԻ ՍԲ. ՀՌԻՓՍԻՄԵ.JPG, Saint Hripsime Church, Khnatsakh ԵԱԶ հուշարձան Խնածախում.jpg, WWII memorial in Khnatsakh ԵԿԵՂԵՑԻ ՍԲ. ՀՌԻՓՍԻՄԵ4.JPG, Door of Saint Hripsime Church, Khnatsakh ԲՆԱԿԵԼԻ ՔԱՐԱՅՐԵՐ.JPG, Cliff dwellings Գյուղ Խնածախ-4.jpg, Cliff dwellings Գյուղ_Խնածախ.jpg, View of the village

References

{{portal bar, Geography Populated places in Syunik Province