Sipan, Armenia

Place in Aragatsotn, Armenia

Sipan Սիփան
40°43′18″N 44°16′11″E / 40.72167°N 44.26972°E / 40.72167; 44.26972
Country	Armenia
Province	Aragatsotn
Municipality	Alagyaz
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	182
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)

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

Etymology

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

References

^ ^a ^b Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Սիփան" (PDF) (in Armenian). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
^ Guest. (2012). Survival Among The Kurds. Taylor and Francis. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-136-15729-5. OCLC 823379895.