Drakhtik (Armenian: Դրախտիկ) is a village in the Shoghakat Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.[2]
Etymology
The name of the village, Drakhtik, means "little paradise" in Armenian.[3]
History
Drakhtik was part of the Nor Bayazet uezd of the Erivan Governorate within the Russian Empire.[4] Bournoutian presents the statistics of the village in the early 20th century as follows:[5]
| Ownership | Treasury |
|---|---|
| Inhabited space | 21 desyatinas (0.34 sq km) |
| Vegetable gardens | 3 desyatinas (0.05 sq km) |
| Irrigated plowed fields | 24 desyatinas (0.39 sq km) |
| Unirrigated plowed fields | 1,156 desyatinas (18.94 sq km) |
| Unirrigated fodder fields | 460 desyatinas (7.54 sq km) |
| Yaylaks | 362 desyatinas (5.93 sq km) |
| Total land | 2,026 desyatinas (33.20 sq km) |
| Total households | |
| Total income | 7,291 rubles |
| Total land taxes | 1,624.83 rubles |
| Army tax | 255 rubles |
| Upkeep of officials | 526.36 rubles |
| Total revenue | 2,406.19 rubles |
| Large livestock | 1,490 |
| Small livestock | 1,309 |
Economy
The population is engaged in animal husbandry, vegetable growing and grain cultivation.[6]
Demographics
The population of Drakhtik since 2001 is as follows:[6][7] [better source needed]
| Year | Population | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,044 | |
| 2004 | 871 | |
| 2011[1] | 909 |
Gallery
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Panorama of Lake Sevan from near Drakhtik.
References
- ^ a b Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 83. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "Draxtik". Index Anatolicus (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1910 год [Caucasian calendar for 1910] (in Russian) (65th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1910. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022.
- ^ Bournoutian, George A. (2018). Armenia and Imperial Decline: The Yerevan Province, 1900–1914. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-06260-2. OCLC 1037283914.
- ^ a b Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
- ^ Korkotyan, Zaven (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) [The population of Soviet Armenia in the last century (1831–1931)] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Pethrat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2022.
External links
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.
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