Shatin
Schatin ( Armenian Շատին ), other transcription Shatin , to 1935 Hasankend ( Hasankand ), a village and a rural municipality (is hamaynkner ) with about 2000 inhabitants in the south Armenian province of Vayots Dzor Province northwest of the provincial capital Yeghegnadzor .
location
Coordinates: 39 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 45 ° 18 ′ 6 ″ E
Schatin is located at an altitude of 1251 meters in the valley of the Jeghegis, a 47 kilometer long tributary of the Arpa , on the M10 trunk road , which branches off ten kilometers south of the village of Getap from the M2 between Areni and Jeghegnadsor and over the 2,400 meter high Selim pass to the Leads south bank of Lake Sevan . The town center is about half a kilometer east of the M10 at the widest point of the river valley. While the pass road follows a side valley in a northerly direction, another road runs upstream along the Jeghegis, which turns northeast at Schatin. After about six kilometers it reaches the place Jeghegis and finally the M2 near Vayk in an arc to the south . Two kilometers after Schatin, another side road branches off to the north from the road leading to Jeghegis and soon crosses the long village of Artabuynk. The ruins of the medieval fortress Smbataberd are enthroned on the ridge between these two valleys , from which the former monastery Tsaghats Kar, hidden high in the mountains, can be reached on foot in a northerly direction .
To the former Shativank monastery at 1612 meters above sea level, after the river bridge in the center of the village, a four-wheel drive path leads on the slope, first to the south to the cemetery, then climbs the hill in serpentines and ends after seven kilometers at the ruins in a northeastern direction from the village. A footpath from the northern end of the village, which initially follows a watercourse in a valley, roughly halves this distance.
At Schatin, two small hydroelectric power plants are in operation on the Jeghegis. A total of six of these plants are to be built along the river.
Townscape
According to official statistics from 2008, Schatin had residents in 2013. In 2012 the number of inhabitants was 2052. Shatin is one of 41 rural communities in the province. The farms are surrounded by gardens and fruit trees. In addition to cripple wood, cow dung laid out to dry serve as fuel. Hay is stored in half-open barns as winter fodder for cattle. Flocks of sheep graze instead of cattle in the higher elevations of the rugged hills. There are two to three small grocery stores on the main street.
The area around Shatin may have been inhabited since pre-Christian times. The place was connected to the Shativank Monastery, which was newly founded in the middle of the 17th century.
Web links
- Rick Ney: Vayot's Dzor. (PDF; 1.7 MB) TourArmenia, 2009, p. 18
- Brady Kiesling: Rediscovering Armenia Guidebook - Vayots Dzor Marz. 2005 (at Armeniapedia)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kristine Aghalaryan: Mini Hydro Plants Turning Yeghegis Into Dead River . Hetq Online June 18, 2013
- ↑ RA Vayots Dzor Marz. (PDF; 165 kB) 2008, armstat.am
- ↑ RA Vayots Dzor Marz. (PDF; 255 kB) 2012, armstat.am
- ↑ RA Vayots Dzor Marz. (PDF; 208 kB) armstat.am