Mets Sepasar

Coordinates: 41°02′57″N 43°49′24″E / 41.04917°N 43.82333°E / 41.04917; 43.82333
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41°02′57″N 43°49′24″E / 41.04917°N 43.82333°E / 41.04917; 43.82333

Mets Sepasar
Մեծ Սեպասար
Mets Sepasar is located in Armenia
Mets Sepasar
Mets Sepasar
Mets Sepasar is located in Shirak
Mets Sepasar
Mets Sepasar
Coordinates: 41°02′57″N 43°49′24″E / 41.04917°N 43.82333°E / 41.04917; 43.82333
CountryArmenia
ProvinceShirak
MunicipalityAshotsk
Population
 (2001)
 • Total900
Time zoneUTC+4
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5

Mets Sepasar (Armenian: Մեծ Սեպասար) is a village in the Ashotsk Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.[1]

Etymology[edit]

The village was previously known as Shishtapa mets (Շիշթափա մեծ), Shishtapa I (Շիշթափա I), and Shishtapa-hay (Շիշթափա-հայ).[2]

Demographics[edit]

The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:[1][2]

Year Population Note
1831 64 100% Armenian
1873 281
1886 396
1897 620 610 Armenians, 10 others, 316 males
1904 750 Mostly Armenian
1914 863 100% Armenian
1916 796
1919 1,300
1922 738
1926 893 884 Armenians, 9 Russians, 445 males
1931 997 100% Armenian
1939 1,161
1959 761
1978 846
1989 930
2001 900
2004 926

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b Korkotyan, Zaven (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) [The population of Soviet Armenia in the last century (1831–1931)] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Pethrat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2022.