Ishkhanasar

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Ishkhanasar

| native_name = Իշխանասար

| image_skyline = Իշխանասար լեռնազանգված 1.jpg

| image_caption = Scenery around nearby mountain Mets Ishkhanasar

| pushpin_map = Armenia#Syunik

| mapsize = 150px

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Armenia

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Syunik

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Sisian

| area_total_km2 = 12.75

| area_footnotes = {{ARMENIAarea|Syunik}}

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_1_182-311.pdf|title=The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia|author=Statistical Committee of Armenia}}

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 294

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = AMT

| utc_offset = +4

| coordinates = {{coord|39|33|36|N|46|02|37|E|region:AM|display=inline,title}}

| footnotes = {{GEOnet2|32FA881E6D8F3774E0440003BA962ED3}}

}}

Ishkhanasar ({{langx|hy|Իշխանասար}}) is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.

The village is located close to the Azerbaijani border, which until 2020 was controlled by the Armenian Republic of Artsakh. During the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village came under shelling.{{Cite web |last=Murdock |first=Heather |date=2023-10-04 |title=Reporter's Notebook: The End of Artsakh |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/reporter-s-notebook-the-end-of-artsakh/7296738.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}

Etymology

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

Demographics

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population as 271 in 2010,{{ARMSTATdata|44}} up from 147 at the 2001 census.{{ArmenianCensus|210}}

Gallery

Mets Ishkhanasar Emma YSU (2).jpg|Scenery around Mets Ishkhanasar, several kilometers to the east of the village, near the Armenia–Azerbaijan border

Mount Mets Ishkhanasar (3550 m), 2013.08.24 - panoramio.jpg|Scenery around Mets Ishkhanasar

Lake Sev 02 (cropped).jpg|Lake Sev ({{langx|hy|Սև լիճ|Sev Lich}}, {{lit|Black Lake}}), located to the east of Mets Ishkhanasar

Իշխանասար լեռնազանգված.jpg|Mets Ishkhanasar

References

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{{Portal bar|Geography}}

Category:Populated places in Syunik Province

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