Shinuhayr () is a village in the Tatev Municipality of the

Syunik Province Syunik (, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. Its capital and larg ...

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, 9 km south of Goris, on the left bank of the Vorotan River, on the plateau, about 1500 meters above sea level. The distance from the province center of

Kapan Kapan ( ) is a town in southeast Armenia, serving as the administrative centre of the Kapan Municipality and also as the provincial capital of Syunik Province. It is located in the valley of the Voghji (river), Voghji River and is on the norther ...

is about 68 km. The village under the name of Shinher was included in the Zangezur ''uezd'' within the Elizavetpol Governorate of

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. During the

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years, it was part of the Zangezur province of the

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, and from 1930, it was part of the Goris region. Since 1995, it has been part of the Syunik province of RA, since 2015 it is part of the enlarged Tatev community, is the largest settlement and center of the community. The currently inoperative

Goris Airport Goris Airport, also known as Shinuyar Airport or Shinuhayr Airport is located to the south of Goris, near the village of Shinuhayr, Syunik Province, Armenia. It has been closed since the collapse of the USSR in 1991. However, the government of ...

, also known as Shinuhayr Airport, is located in the village.

History

Shinuhayr is first mentioned in written sources in the beginning of the 10th century. In Stepanos Orbelian's ''History of the Province of Syunik'' the tax of the village is set at 24, which proves that Shinuhayr was one of the largest villages not only of Haband province, but also of Syunik as a whole. Perhaps with this in mind, some authors later used the forms of ''Shinu hayr'' or ''Hayrashen'', that is, 'the father of villages'. However, Orbelian uses only two forms: ''Shnher'' and ''Shinoi Herk''. The form ''Shner'' is used also in historical inscriptions. Shnher first belonged to Prince Filipe of Syunik, who then donated it to Tatev Monastery, which was re-established by Prince Tarsayich Orbelian in 1274. The village remained the property of the monastery until the beginning of the 19th century. During the Syunik rebellion in the 1720s, the Armenian military leader Davit Bek made Shinuhayr his first base of operations and began repairing the settlement's fortress.

Demographics

Population

The

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reported its population was 2,865 in 2010, up from 2,593 at the 2001 census.

Economy

The population is engaged in

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, cultivation of

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and fodder crops.

Gallery

«Կուսանաց անապատ» վանական համալիր.jpg, Kusanats Anapat Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցին Շինուհայր գյուղատեղիում 08.jpg, Saint Stepanos church in Hin Shinuhayr ԵԱԶ հուշարձան Շինուհայրում.jpg, WWII monument Հին Շինուհայր գյուղատեղի 02.jpg, Hin Shinuhayr Shinuhayr village and Vorotan canyon view - panoramio.jpg, Panorama from Shinuhayr village and Vorotan canyon Shinuhayr Kusanats Anapat (50).jpg, The entrance to the monastery

References

Populated places in Syunik Province {{Syunik-geo-stub