Spandaryan () is a village in the Sisian 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 ...

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

. The area around the village contains the Spandaryan Hydro Power Plant, one of Armenia's largest hydro power plants and the Spandaryan Reservoir to the northwest of the village itself.

Toponymy

The village was previously known as ''Meliklar'', ''Maliklar'', ''Meliklu'' and ''Kalachik''.

Demographics

The

Statistical Committee of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia (), or ArmStat in short, is the national statistical agency of Armenia. History The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was previously known as the Statistical Departme ...

reported its population was 486 in 2010, up from 446 at the 2001 census.

Gallery

Countryside in Armenia Jan 2020 11 47 12 710000.jpeg, Spandaryan Reservoir in Winter Bridge in Spandaryan village 02.jpg, Bridge in Spandaryan Spandaryan HPP (2).JPG, Spandaryan Hydro Power Plant Սպանդարյանի ջրամբար.jpg, Spandaryan Reservoir

References

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