Drakhtik

Drakhtik
Դրախտիկ
A view of Drakhtik
A view of Drakhtik
Drakhtik is located in Armenia
Drakhtik
Drakhtik
Location within Armenia
Drakhtik is located in Gegharkunik
Drakhtik
Drakhtik
Location within Gegharkunik
Coordinates: 40°33′54″N 45°14′16″E / 40.56500°N 45.23778°E / 40.56500; 45.23778
CountryArmenia
ProvinceGegharkunik
MunicipalityShoghakat
Elevation
1,981 m (6,499 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
909
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Postal code
1311
Drakhtik at GEOnet Names Server

Drakhtik (Armenian: Դրախտիկ) is a village in the Shoghakat Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

Etymology

The village was previously known as Tokhluja (Azerbaijani: Toxluca; Russian: Тохлуджа; Armenian: Թոխլուջա). The current name of the village, Drakhtik, means "little paradise" in Armenian.

History

Drakhtik, then known as Tokhluja, was part of the Nor Bayazet uezd of the Erivan Governorate within the Russian Empire. Bournoutian presents the statistics of the village in the early 20th century as follows:

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 155 (All Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani))
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.

Demographics

The population of Drakhtik since 1829 is as follows: [better source needed]

Year Population Note
1829 296
1831 100% Muslim
1873 466 100% Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani)
1886 681
1897 935 100% Muslim. 495 men and 440 women.
1904 1,170
1914 1,373 Mainly Tatar. Also recorded as 1,285
1916 1,330
1919 1,199 Mainly Turkish
1922 1,176 100% Turkish-Tatar
1926 1,413 1,403 Turks, 5 Armenians, 5 Russians. Also recorded as 1,417
1931 1,723 100% Turkish
1939 1,840
1959 1,528
1970 2,469
1979 2,664
2001 1,044
2004 871
2011 909

References

  1. 1 2 Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 83. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
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  4. 1 2 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.
  5. 1 2 Nişanyan, Sevan. "Draxtik". Index Anatolicus (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 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.
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  8. 1 2 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.
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