Sjunik
| Sjunik | |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Capital | Kapan |
| surface | 4506 km² |
| Residents | 119,873 (2011) |
| density | 27 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | AM-SU |
| Website | syunik.mtad.am (Armenian) |
| politics | |
| governor | Hunan Poghosjan |
| Political party | independent |
Coordinates: 39 ° 15 ' N , 46 ° 18' E
Sjunik ( [ sjuˈnikʰ ] , Armenian Սյունիք , scientific transliteration Syunik 'marz ) is the southeasternmost province of Armenia . 119,873 people live on 4506 km² (as of 2011). The provincial capital is Kapan .
Syunik borders in the northwest with the province of Vajoz Dzor , in the east with Azerbaijan according to international law , but de facto with the internationally unrecognized Republic of Arzach , in the south with Iran and in the west with the Azerbaijani exclave Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan .
Along the border with Nakhichevan runs the highest part of the Armenian highlands on the territory of Armenia - with the exception of the Aragaz volcano - the Sangesurkamm with its highest peak Kaputjugh (3905 m).
Other cities in the province of Sjunik include Kapan Goris , Kajaran , Meghri and Sissian as well as the former urban-type settlements of Agarak and Dastakert, which were elevated to cities in the 1990s . In addition to these seven urban parishes, there are 102 rural parishes with a total of 127 villages; the largest villages (each with more than 1,000 inhabitants) are Angeghakot , Brnakot , Khndzoresk , Karahundsch , Kornidsor , Shaki , Schinuhajr , Tegh and Verishen (as of 2011).
Since the only border crossing between Armenia and Iran is located in Sjunik near the small town of Agarak and the borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan are closed, the province is of particular importance for Armenia's foreign trade .
The province was during the administrative reorganization within the framework of decentralization in 1995 from the since 1930 the Armenian SSR of the Soviet Union existing Rajons Goris, Meghri, Kapan (until 1990 Kafan formed) and Sissian and the rajonfreien cities Goris and Kapan.
Web links
- Rediscovering Armenia Guidebook - Syunik Marz. Armeniapedia
- Rick Ney: Siunik . (PDF; 1.6 MB) TourArmenia, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://syunik.mtad.am/ (accessed January 5, 2020)
