Isahakyan

40°37′00″N 43°43′31″E / 40.61667°N 43.72528°E / 40.61667; 43.72528

Isahakyan
Իսահակյան
Isahakyan is located in Armenia
Isahakyan
Isahakyan
Isahakyan is located in Shirak
Isahakyan
Isahakyan
Coordinates: 40°37′00″N 43°43′31″E / 40.61667°N 43.72528°E / 40.61667; 43.72528
CountryArmenia
ProvinceShirak
MunicipalityAni
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
824[1]
Time zoneUTC+4

Isahakyan (Armenian: Իսահակյան) is a village in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. It was formerly named after Ghazar Agha who organized the defense of the town against the Persians in 1826–1828; later named after poet Avetik Isahakyan, who lived there.[2]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1831325—    
1897596+0.92%
1926451−0.96%
1939596+2.17%
1959588−0.07%
1970502−1.43%
1979532+0.65%
2001960+2.72%
2011824−1.52%
Source: [3]

References

  1. ^ "Shirak (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  2. ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 79, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.


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