Drakhtik

For the village in Nagorno-Karabakh, see Zoğalbulaq.

Drakhtik (Armenian: Դրախտիկ) is a village in the Shoghakat Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.^[2]

Drakhtik Դրախտիկ
A view of Drakhtik
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Coordinates: 40°33′54″N 45°14′16″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Shoghakat
Elevation	1,981 m (6,499 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	909
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Postal code	1311
Drakhtik at GEOnet Names Server

Etymology

The village was previously known as Tokhluja^[3][4] (Azerbaijani: Toxluca;^[5] Russian: Тохлуджа;^[6][7] Armenian: Թոխլուջա^[8]). The current name of the village, Drakhtik, means "little paradise" in Armenian.^[5]

History

Drakhtik, then known as Tokhluja, was part of the Nor Bayazet uezd of the Erivan Governorate within the Russian Empire.^[6] Bournoutian presents the statistics of the village in the early 20th century as follows:^[4]

Ownership	Treasury
Inhabited space	21 desyatinas (0.34 sq km)
Vegetable gardens	3 desyatinas (0.05 sq km)
Irrigated plowed fields	24 desyatinas (0.39 sq km)
Unirrigated plowed fields	1,156 desyatinas (18.94 sq km)
Unirrigated fodder fields	460 desyatinas (7.54 sq km)
Yaylaks	362 desyatinas (5.93 sq km)
Total land	2,026 desyatinas (33.20 sq km)
Total households	155 (All Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani))
Total income	7,291 rubles
Total land taxes	1,624.83 rubles
Army tax	255 rubles
Upkeep of officials	526.36 rubles
Total revenue	2,406.19 rubles
Large livestock	1,490
Small livestock	1,309

Economy

The population is engaged in animal husbandry, vegetable growing and grain cultivation.^[9]

Demographics

The population of Drakhtik since 1829 is as follows:^{[9][8] [better source needed]}

Year	Population	Note
1829	296
1831		100% Muslim
1873	466	100% Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani)
1886	681
1897	935	100% Muslim. 495 men and 440 women.[7]
1904	1,170
1914	1,373	Mainly Tatar. Also recorded as 1,285
1916	1,330
1919	1,199	Mainly Turkish
1922	1,176	100% Turkish-Tatar
1926	1,413	1,403 Turks, 5 Armenians, 5 Russians. Also recorded as 1,417
1931	1,723	100% Turkish
1939	1,840
1959	1,528
1970	2,469
1979	2,664
2001	1,044
2004	871
2011[1]	909

Gallery

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  Panorama of Lake Sevan from near Drakhtik.