Ishkhanasar ( hy, Իշխանասար) is a village in the

Sisian Municipality Sisian Municipality, referred to as Sisian Community ( hy, Սիսիան Համայնք ''Sisian Hamaynk''), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Syunik Province of Armenia, at the south of the country. Consisted of a group of se ...

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 ...

Etymology

The village is named in honour of Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian (''nom de guerre'': Ishkhan), a resistance leader during the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...

Demographics

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 271 in 2010, up from 147 at the 2001 census.

Gallery

Mets Ishkhanasar Emma YSU (2).jpg, Scenery around

Mets Ishkhanasar The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...

, several kilometers to the east of the village, near the

Armenia–Azerbaijan border The Armenia–Azerbaijan border ( hy, Հայաստան–Ադրբեջան սահման, translit=Hayastan–Adrbejan sahman, az, Azərbaycan–Ermənistan sərhədi) is the international border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Estimates of the bo ...

Mount Mets Ishkhanasar (3550 m), 2013.08.24 - panoramio.jpg, Scenery around Mets Ishkhanasar Lake Sev 02 (cropped).jpg, Lake Sev ( hy, Սև լիճ, Sev Lich, ), located to the east of

Իշխանասար լեռնազանգված.jpg, Mets Ishkhanasar

References

Populated places in Syunik Province {{Syunik-geo-stub