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Alagyaz

For other places with the same name, see Alagyaz (disambiguation).
Alagyaz
Ալագյազ
Village and Municipality
Alagyaz
Alagyaz
Alagyaz is located in Armenia
Alagyaz
Alagyaz
Alagyaz is located in Aragatsotn
Alagyaz
Alagyaz
Coordinates: 40°40′53″N 44°17′25″E / 40.68139°N 44.29028°E / 40.68139; 44.29028
CountryArmenia
ProvinceAragatsotn
MunicipalityAlagyaz
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
439[1]
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 ( )

Alagyaz (Armenian: Ալագյազ; Kurdish: Elegez) is a village and centre of the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most of the population are Yazidi Kurds .[2] The village is located along the Aparan-Spitak highway.[3]

History

The settlement was founded in the 19th century.[4] Between 1828 and 1829, a few Armenian families moved to the village from Mush and Aintab.[3] It was known as Mets Jamshlu until it was renamed to its present name in 1938. From 1938 to 1949, it served as the center of the Alagyaz region of the Armenian SSR. During Soviet times, the community was mostly agricultural engaged in grain cultivation and working at the local Soviet dairy factory. By 1970, the village had a cheese factory, secondary school, hospital, pharmacy, cultural center, library, veterinary clinic, communication department, and a cinema.[4] In 1937, the first ever state-sponsored Kurdish theatre was founded in the Alagyaz village of Armenia.[5] On March 15, 1972, the village became part of the Aragats district of the Armenian SSR.[3] Alagyaz is known as the cultural centre of Kurds in Armenia, producing over 20 scientists, artists and 2 academicians.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ "Aragatsotn (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  2. ^ "Հայաստանի Հարապետության մարզերի և քաղաք Երևանի մշտական բնակչության բաշխումն ըստ էթնիկ ծագման /ՀՀ 2011թ. Մարդահամարի արդյունքներով/" (PDF) (in Armenian). Government of Armenia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Hakobyan, Tadevos Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, Stepan T.; Barseghyan, Hovhannes Kh. (1986). "Ալագյազ [Alagyaz]". Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան [Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan State University Press. p. 56. OCLC 247335945.
  4. ^ a b Viktor Ambartsumian, ed. (1974). "ԱԼԱԳՅԱԶ [Alagyaz]". Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan: Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR. p. 134. OCLC 22420067.
  5. ^ Rostami, Mari (2021). "A History of Kurdish Theatre". In Bozarslan, Hamit; Gunes, Cengiz; Yadirgi, Veli (eds.). The Cambridge History of the Kurds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 729–751. doi:10.1017/9781108623711.030.
  6. ^ Hovhannisyan, Hasmik (8 October 2007). "Kurds in Armenia". Armenia: Hetq. Retrieved 6 November 2023.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alagyaz