Dastakert (Armenian: Դաստակերտ) is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. It is located 225 km south of the capital Yerevan and 115 km northwest of the provincial centre Kapan. According to the 2016 official estimate, the current population of Dastakert is around 300.
^"Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
^Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
Dastakert (Armenian: Դաստակերտ) is a village in the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. It is located 225 km south of the capital Yerevan...
period. The rest of the towns have populations less than 50,000. Agarak, Dastakert and Shamlugh were downgraded from towns to villages as a result of the...
of the king. Soon after, Hayk established the fortress or settlement (dastakert) of Haykʻ or Haykaberd at the site of the battle, which, Movses Khorenatsi...
Armenia. They include the root kert ("town") for towns (Arm.: կերտ, such Dastakert, Hnarakert – compare with Tigranakert or modern Stapanakert in Nagorno...
The other urban centres are Goris, Sisian, Kajaran, Meghri, Agarak and Dastakert. With a population of 2,661, the village of Shinuhayr is the largest rural...
would have a hereditary estate known as hayreniq and residence caste – dastakert. Armenian princely houses (or clans) were headed by tanuter. By its meaning...