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Sipan (Armenian: Սիփան) is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.

Sipan Սիփան
Sipan
Coordinates: 40°43′18″N 44°16′11″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Aragatsotn
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	182
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)

Toponymy

The village was previously known as Tamb (Թամբ), Pamb (Պամբ), Pambak (Պամբակ or Փամբակ), and Pamb Krdi (Փամբ Քրդի). It was renamed Sipan in 1978.[2]

History

During the period of the Russian Empire, the village was part of the Alexandropol Uezd of the Erivan Governorate, and became populated by Yazidi Kurds from the Kars region.[2]

In May 1918, the Ottomans crossed the river of Arpachay (Akhuryan) to wage a brief war against the Yerevan Republic. One column seized the city of Alexandropol and advanced north towards Mount Aragats, where 80 Yazidis got massacred in Pampa Kurda (Sipan).[3]

Demographics

The village is mostly populated by Yazidi Kurds.[2]

Year	Population
1873	292[2]
1897	382[2]
1939	443[2]
1959	350[2]
1979	473[2]
1989	391[2]
2001	264[2]
2011	182[1]

Notable people

• Emerîkê Serdar

See also

• Yazidis in Armenia

References

External links

• Sipan, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 23, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website

На других языках

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- [en] Sipan, Armenia

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[ru] Сипан (село)

Сипан (арм. Սիփան) — село в Арагацотнской области Армении.

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