Sisian

Sisian
Sisian; Սիսիան
	commonty
	Sisian
	Sisian
	Coordinates: 39°31′15″N 46°01′56″E / 39.52083°N 46.03222°E
Kintra	Armenie
Marz	Syunik
Ceety status	1974
Govrenment
• Mayor	Aghasi Hakobjanian
Area
• Total	36.70 km2 (14.17 sq mi)
Elevation	1600 m (5,200 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	16,735
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT +4
Area code(s)	+374 2830
	Sisian at GEOnet Names Server

For the toun soothwast o Sisian, umwhile cried Sisian an aw, see Hatsavan, Syunik.

Sisian (Armenie: Սիսիան) - a ceety in the soothren province o Syunik, Armenie. Umwhile kent as Sisakan an aw, till 1935 it wis namit Karakilise, in 1935 wis namit Sisavan, in 1940 Sisian.^[2] Locatit on baith banks o Vorotan River, 6 km sooth o the Yerevan-Meghri heich-gate, at a distance o 217 km frae Yerevan an 115 km frae Kapan. Sisian forms an urban commonty (municipality). The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population wis 16,735 in 2010,^[3] doun frae 16,843 at the 2001 census.^[4]

Etymologie

The aurie o modren-day Sisian wis cried Sisakan durin auncient historical periods an aw. Accordin tae Movses Khorenatsi, the name o Sisakan -an subsequently Sisian- wis derivit frae Sisak,^[5] a legendary ancestor o the Armenie princely hoose o Syuni.^[6]

History

Historically, the territory o modren Sisian wis pairt o Tseghuk canton (Armenie: Ծղուկք գաւառ Tsghukk gavar), at the hert o the auncient province o Syunik, athin Armenie Major. Durin the 4t century, the nearbi historic dounset o Shaghat became the residence o the princes an the releegious leaders o Syunik. It remained the spiritual an the poleetical centre o the region till the end o the 10t century, when the fortifee'd toun o Kapan in Baghk canton wis selectit as caipital o the newly established Kinrick o Siwnik.^[7]