|
:''For the town southwest of Sisian, formerly also called Sisian, see Hatsavan, Syunik.'' Sisian ((アルメニア語:Սիսիան)), is a town in the southern Syunik Province of Armenia. It is located on Vorotan River, 6 km south of the Yerevan-Meghri highway, at a distance of 217 km from Yerevan and 115 km from Kapan. Sisian was known as Sisakan, Sisian and Sisavan during the ancient times and later in the middle ages. However, the name Karakilisa which was used for the town by the Turkic rulers of Armenia, was kept until 1935. In 1935, one of the old names, Sisavan, was restored. Finally in 1940, the town was renamed Sisian.〔 (Regions of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic ) 〕 As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 14,894. ==Etymology== The area of present-day Sisian was also known as ''Sisakan'' and ''Sisavan'' during ancient historical periods. According to Movses Khorenatsi, the name of Sisakan -and subsequently Sisian- was derived from Sisak,〔 Movses Khorenatsi. ''History of Armenia, 5th Century'' (''Հայոց Պատմություն, Ե Դար''). Annotated translation and commentary by Stepan Malkhasyants. Gagik Sarkisyan (ed.) Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing, 1997, 1.12, p. 88 ISBN 5-540-01192-9.〕 a legendary ancestor of the Armenian princely house of Syuni.〔 Harutyunyan, Babken. ''«Սիսակ»'' (Sisak). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. x. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1984, p. 399.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sisian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|