Maralik
Sign in to saveMaralik () is a town in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province at the northwest of Armenia. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 5,398, down from 5,782 reported in the 2001 census. The 2016 official estimate, the population of Maralik is around 5,500. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town is 5,334.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Maralik
- Settlement.native_name
- Մարալիկ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Armenia#Shirak
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Town of Maralik.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 275px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Maralik with the Holy Mother of God Church of 1903
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Armenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Shirak
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ani
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1828
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4
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Maralik () is a town in the Ani Municipality of the Shirak Province at the northwest of Armenia. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 5,398, down from 5,782 reported in the 2001 census. The 2016 official estimate, the population of Maralik is around 5,500. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town is 5,334.
==Etymology== Maralik literally means little deer in the Armenian language. According to a local traditional legend, every year on the feast of Saint Stephen, a mountain deer was willingly approaching to the Saint Stephen Monastery of the town to be sacrificed. The villagers were catching the deer and sacrificing it in honor of Saint Stephen. However, once a hunter killed the deer with his rifle. Since then, no more deer were seen in the area.