Pokr Masrik

40°15′29″N 45°43′21″E / 40.25806°N 45.72250°E / 40.25806; 45.72250

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Pokr Masrik Փոքր Մասրիկ
St. Nshan chapel in Pokr Masrik
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Coordinates: 40°15′29″N 45°43′21″E / 40.25806°N 45.72250°E / 40.25806; 45.72250
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Vardenis
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	626
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Pokr Masrik at GEOnet Names Server

Pokr Masrik (Armenian: Փոքր Մասրիկ) is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Azerbaijanis lived in the village prior to their exodus from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. From 1988 and onward, Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.^[2] The village is located close to Mets Masrik (lit. 'Big Masrik').

History

The village has a 12th-century church.

Demographics

The population of the town consisted of 227 Muslims in 1831 rising to 1,200 in 1897 and to 1,375 by 1916.^[3]

Gallery

St. Nshan chapel and khachkars
St. Nshan chapel interior

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ "ՓՈՔՐ ՄԱՍՐԻԿ". gegharkunik.am. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ Korkotyan, Zaven (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) [The population of Soviet Armenia in the last century (1831–1931)] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Pethrat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2022.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pokr Masrik.

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.