Martiros, Vayots Dzor

39°35′48″N 45°30′28″E

Martiros
Մարտիրոս
The village church
The village church
Martiros is located in Armenia
Martiros
Martiros
Martiros is located in Vayots Dzor
Martiros
Martiros
Coordinates: 39°35′48″N 45°30′28″E
CountryArmenia
ProvinceVayots Dzor
MunicipalityVayk
Population
  Total601
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Martiros, Vayots Dzor at GEOnet Names Server

Martiros (Armenian: Մարտիրոս) is a village in the Vayk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. There is a newer and an older section to the village.

History

A huge khachkar in the older section of the village attests that the settlement was founded in 1283 at the command of Prince Prosh and his son Paron Hasan.[2]

References

  1. Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. Grigor Grigoryan, "Essays on the History of Syunik, 9-15th Centuries" (ОЧЕРКИ ИСТОРИИ СЮНИКА IХ-ХVвв.), Yerevan, 1990, Chapter 3, p. 130
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