Angeghakot

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|native_name = Անգեղակոթ

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Armenia

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Syunik

|subdivision_type2 = Municipality

|subdivision_name2 = Sisian

|area_total_km2 = 45.79

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|population_as_of = 2011

|population_total = 1582

|population_density_km2 = auto

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Angeghakot ({{langx|hy|Անգեղակոթ}}) is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. A large reservoir, the Angeghakot Reservoir, spanning more than the entire length of the village lies to the south.

Demographics

In 1908, Angeghakot, then known as Angelaut ({{langx|ru|Ангелаут}}), had a predominantly Armenian population of 1,520 within the Zangezur uezd of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire.{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1910}} The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population as 2,057 in 2010,{{ARMSTATdata|44}} up from 1,860 at the 2001 census.{{ArmenianCensus|210}}

Notable people

Oksen Mirzoyan, Olympic, world and European champion in weightlifting

Godedzor

About 1,5 kilometres west of Angeghakot is located an important prehistorical archaeological site of Godedzor.Patel Avetisyan, Christine Chataigter, Gillio

Palumbi 2006, [https://www.academia.edu/20613388/ The results of the excavations in Nerkin Godedzor (2005–2006) Preliminary report.] - academia.edu The settlement of Nerkin Godedzor is in the Vorotan river gorge, at the altitude of 1800 meters. Some petroglyphs are also found close by.

In 2003, an archaeological survey revealed prehistoric cultural deposits distinguished by a distinctive stone industry and ceramics. The site is on the left bank of a river. Plenty of obsidian artifacts were found at Godedzor. The Syunik obsidian (especially from Sevkar) has been identified in many artefacts from the Near East. Especially they have been found in the Lake Urmia basin in Iran.[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Main-routes-of-communication-between-obsidian-sources-of-Syunik-Kul-Tepe-and-Lake-Urmia_fig6_236850223 Main routes of communication between obsidian sources of Syunik, Kul Tepe and Lake Urmia Basin.] in {{cite journal | last=Khademi Nadooshan | first=Farhang | last2=Abedi | first2=Akbar | last3=Glascock | first3=Michael D. | last4=Eskandari | first4=Nasir | last5=Khazaee | first5=Mostafa | title=Provenance of prehistoric obsidian artefacts from Kul Tepe, northwestern Iran using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis | journal=Journal of Archaeological Science | volume=40 | issue=4 | date=2013 | doi=10.1016/j.jas.2012.12.032 | pages=1956–1965}} Godedzor was a big hub of obsidian trade in the South Caucasus.

Gallery

Անգեղակոթ.JPG|Angeghakot Reservoir

Անգեղակոթի եկեղեցի 1.jpg|Hazaraprkich Church

Angeghakot 3506, Armenia - panoramio (1).jpg|Megalithic rings in Angeghakot

+Vardan Zoravar chapel 03.jpg|Khachkar

-Անգեղակոթի Սուրբ Վարդան սրբավայր 3.jpg|Saint Vardan chapel

+Angeghakot grave 02.jpg|Khachkar

References

Category:Populated places in Syunik Province