Zorakert Explained

41.0928°N 43.6597°W

Official Name:Zorakert
Native Name:Զորակերտ
Pushpin Map:Armenia#Shirak
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Armenia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Shirak
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Amasia
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:145
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:41.0928°N 43.6597°W

Zorakert (Armenian: Զորակերտ) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.

Name

Zorakert was formerly known as . It was renamed Zorakert in April 1991.

History

Zorakert was founded in the early nineteenth century. Its inhabitants moved there from the nearby village of Khanjalli, which is now abandoned. The village was previously populated mainly by Karapapakhs, a Turkic-speaking Sunni Muslim ethnic group.[1] In the Tsarist period, the village was a part of the Agbaba sub-county of the Kars Oblast, which was annexed by the Russian Empire after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Unlike the rest of the Kars Oblast, the Agbaba sub-county was not ceded to Turkey in 1921 and remained a part of Soviet Armenia. In the Soviet period, the village fell under the Amasia District of Soviet Armenia. Zorakert's Turkic population left mainly in late 1988. The village is now inhabited by Armenians.

Geography

Zorakert is located on the northeastern shore of Lake Arpi, in a rocky and hilly area, at an elevation of 2030 meters above sea level.[2] The climate is cold and precipitation is plenty. The village receives its drinking water through a pipeline from a source 4 kilometers away. It is 50 kilometers away from the provincial capital of Gyumri.

Landmarks

A mosque dating to the 19th or 20th century is located in the village.[3] The remains of an ancient fortress and gravesite are located on the hill to the northeast of the village.

Economy

The main economic activities of the village are animal husbandry and the cultivation of vegetable crops.

Demographics

The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:

YearPopulation
1886205
1912398
1922119
1931205
1964300
1970440
1979472
1989212
2001152
2004109
2011145[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hakobyan . Tatul . 2021-11-13 . hy:Զորակերտ գյուղի բնակչությունը 1886-1931 թվականներին. Ամասիայի շրջան . Population of Zorakert village 1886-1931. Amasia district . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725120459/https://www.aniarc.am/2021/11/13/zorakert-balikhli-amasya-armenia/ . 2023-07-25 . 2023-07-25 . ANI Armenian Research Center . hy.
  2. Book: Hakobyan . Tadevos Kh. . Melik-Bakhshyan . Stepan T. . Barseghyan . Hovhannes Kh. . 1986 . Yerevan State University Publishing House . 1 . 556 . hy . hy:Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան . Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories] . hy:Բալըխլի .
  3. Web site: 2004-09-09 . hy:Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Կառավարության որոշում․ 9 սեպտեմբերի 2004 թվականի N 1270-Ն․ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Շիրակի մարզի պատմության և մշակույթի անշարժ հուշարձանների պետական ցուցակը հաստատելու մասին . Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia. September 9, 2004 N 1270-N. On approving the state list of immovable monuments of history and culture of Shirak Province of the Republic of Armenia . 2023-07-25 . Armenian Legal Information System. hy.
  4. Web site: 2011 . Population Census 2011: Distribution of RA De facto and De jure Population by RA administrative-territorial units . 2023-07-25 . Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia.