Spandaryan ( hy, Սպանդարյան) is a village in the Gorayk Municipality 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 ...

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 ' ...

. The area around the village contains the

Spandaryan Hydro Power Plant The Vorotan Cascade, or the ContourGlobal™ Hydro Cascade, is a cascade on the Vorotan River in Syunik Province, Armenia. It was built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. The Vorotan Cascade consists of three hydroelectri ...

, one of Armenia's largest hydro power plants and the Spandaryan Reservoir to the northwest of the village itself.

Toponymy

The village was previously known as ''Meliklar'', ''Maliklar'', ''Meliklu'' and ''Kalachik''.

Demographics

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 486 in 2010, up from 446 at the 2001 census.

Gallery

Countryside in Armenia Jan 2020 11 47 12 710000.jpeg, Spandaryan Reservoir in Winter Bridge in Spandaryan village 02.jpg, Bridge in Spandaryan Spandaryan HPP (2).JPG, Spandaryan Hydro Power Plant Սպանդարյանի ջրամբար.jpg, Spandaryan Reservoir

References

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