Lusarat (Armenian: Լուսառատ; Azerbaijani: Şıxlar, anglicized: Shykhlar)[1] is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia. It is situated adjacent to the Armenia–Turkey border. Azerbaijanis lived with the Armenians in the village before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[2]

It has been suggested that Shikhlar be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2022.

Lusarat Լուսառատ
Lusarat as viewed from Khor Virap Monastery
Lusarat Show map of Armenia Lusarat Show map of Ararat
Coordinates: 39°52′28″N 44°35′57″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Ararat
Population  (2008)
• Total	2,384
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )

Monuments

In the village is a statue of an early 20th-century Armenian fedayi; armed defensive militia units that voluntarily defended the territory from outside forces.[3]

The Khor Virap Monastery is also located close to the village.

Gallery

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  Lusarat seen in the background of Khor Virap Monastery.

References

External links

• Lusarat at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 27; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

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[ru] Лусарат