Tanahat

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| official_name = Tanahat

| native_name = Թանահատ

| image_skyline = Tanahat church of Arevis 107.JPG

| mapsize = 150px

| pushpin_map = Armenia#Syunik

| coordinates = {{coord|39|26|03|N|45|55|36|E|region:AM|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Armenia

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Syunik

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Sisian

| area_footnotes = {{ARMENIAarea|Syunik}}

| area_total_km2 = 11.56

| population_total = 7

| 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_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone = AMT

| utc_offset = +4

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

History

The village has an ancient Armenian monastery named the Tanahat Monastery.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and Armenia's independence, its Azerbaijani inhabitants fled at the onset of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1988, and it was later resettled by Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan.{{cite web|last=Jardine|first=Bradley|last2=Hauer|first2=Neil|date=19 March 2018|title=In Armenia, Azerbaijani Leader's Ancestral Village Lies Abandoned|url=https://eurasianet.org/in-armenia-azerbaijani-leaders-ancestral-village-lies-abandoned|access-date=16 February 2021|website=eurasianet.org|publisher=Eurasianet|quote=}}

Prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Tanahat was home to 70 Azerbaijani families and had a regular bus service to Baku. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev’s grandfather was born in this village.

Demographics

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population as 76 in 2010,{{ARMSTATdata|44}} up from 42 at the 2001 census.{{ArmenianCensus|210}}

Gallery

Tanahat church of Arevis 79.JPG

Tanahat church of Arevis 99.JPG

Tanahat church of Arevis 96.JPG

Tanahat church of Arevis 54.JPG

Tanahat church of Arevis 48.JPG

Tanahat church of Arevis 39.JPG

Tanahat church of Arevis 25.JPG

Tanahat church of Arevis 14.JPG

References

{{Commons category|Tanahat church of Arevis}}

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{{portal bar|Geography}}

Category:Populated places in Syunik Province

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