Sotk
Sign in to saveSotk () is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, well known for its gold mines.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Sotk
- Settlement.native_name
- Սոթք
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Տեսարան Սոթքի լեռնանցքից 02.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mountains around Sotk
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Armenia#Gegharkunik
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Armenia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gegharkunik
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vardenis
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 15th century
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 824
- Settlement.timezone
- AMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
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12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Bronze Age
- Antiquity to Middle Ages
- Late modern period
- Gold mine
- Demographics
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- See also
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Sotk () is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, well known for its gold mines.
== Etymology == According to J. Markwart and N. Adonts, the name Sotk may be connected to the name of a tribe called Tsavde (atsvots) mentioned in ancient Armenian sources, while others connect it with the toponym Suta (or Shuta) of the Hittite sources (the presence of the Hittites was proposed in the vicinity of Lake Sevan in 2009). According to the 13th century Armenian historian, Stepanos Orbelian, the town and its respective canton were named after the cold and stormy weather.