Vayk
| Vayk Վայք |
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Vayk
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 Vayk
Վայք |
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| Coordinates: 39°41′30″N 45°27′55″E / 39.69167°N 45.46528°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Vayots Dzor |
| Founded | 1828 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3 km2 (1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 5,877 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | (UTC+4) |
| Website | Official website |
| Sources: Population | |
Coordinates: 39°41′30″N 45°27′55″E / 39.69167°N 45.46528°E
Vayk (Armenian: ), is a town in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 5,877, down from 6,024 reported in the 2001 census.
Literally meaning "sorrows", the name Vayk is derived from the Vayots Dzor canton of the historic Armenian province of Syunik.
Historically, the area of Vayk belongs to the Vayots Dzor canton of Syunik province; the 9th province of Armenia Major, ruled by the Siunia dynasty.
As a result of the Treaty of Turkmenchay signed between the Russian Empire and Persia in 1828, many Armenian families from the Iranian towns of Salmas and Khoy were resettled in Eastern Armenia, particularly in the Erivan Governorate of the Russian Empire. The first wave of Armenian settlers arrived in the Vayots Dzor region in 1828 and 1829, forming the small rural community of Soylan in the area of modern-day Vayk. In 1850, it became part of the Sharur-Daralagyoz uyezd of the Erivan Governorate. After the short-lived independence of Armenia between 1918 and 1920, the region became one of the main centres of the resistance against the Soviet rule, becoming part of the unrecognized Republic of Mountainous Armenia under the leadership of Garegin Nzhdeh.
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