Pokr Masrik
Pokr Masrik (Armenian: Փոքր Մասրիկ – meaning "little Masrik"; Azerbaijani: Kiçik Məzrə, formerly, Malaya Mazra) is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The town had an Azerbaijani population prior to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It has a 12th-century church. Mets Masrik (big Masrik) is nearby.
Pokr Masrik
Փոքր Մասրիկ Kiçik Məzrə | |
|---|---|
  Pokr Masrik | |
| Coordinates: 40°15′29″N 45°43′21″E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Gegharkunik |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 744 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 ( ) |
Demographics
The population of the town consisted of 227 Azerbaijanis in 1831 rising to 1,200 Azerbaijanis in 1897 and to 1,375 by 1916.[1]
Around 2,000 Azerbaijani people lived in the village in 1987 until November 1988, when Azerbaijani inhabitants fled to Azerbaijan.[2]
References
- Zaven Korkotyan (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) (in Armenian). Հրատարակություն Մելքոնյան Ֆոնդի. p. 28.
- Ermənistan azərbaycanlılarının tarixi coğrafiyası. 1995. p. 290. ISBN 5-8020-0852-0.
- Pokr Masrik at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 48; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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