Khot ( hy, Խոտ) is a village in the
Tatev Municipality
Tatev Municipality, referred to as Tatev Community ( hy, Տաթև Համայնք ''Tatev Hamaynk''), is a rural community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of settlement ...
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. It ...
in
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 ' ...
. On the cliffs below Khot are the ruins of Hin Khot (Old Khot), the previous location of the village until the 1970s.
Toponymy
The village was previously known as ''Khotavan'' and ''Khovt''.
Demographics
Population
The
National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT) reported its population as 1,079 in 2010, up from 890 at the 2001 census. In the 1823 survey of Karabakh, the population was reported to consist of 37 households, all Armenian.
В электронную библиотеку: 1866. Описание Карабагской провинции, составленное в 1823 году.
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Gallery
Մրգաձորի խաչ եկեղեցի 22.jpg, Mrgadzori khach church
Khot-raffi kojian 20190629 134732368.jpg, Ruins of Hin Khot
Խաչքար Խոտ գյուղում.jpg, Khatchkar from 1409 in Khot
-Հին Խոտ գյուղատեղի.jpg, Hin Khot
Խաչքար՝ Սյունիքի մարզի Խոտ գյուղում.jpg, 17th-18th century khachkar in Khot
Հին Խոտ գյուղատեղի 01.jpg, Scenery
Հուշարձան Խոտ գյուղում.jpg, WWII monument in Khot
Հին Խոտ գյուղատեղու եկեղեցին 04.jpg, Hin Khot Church
References
Populated places in Syunik Province
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