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Location

Shidan Village is situated 10 km north-west of Salmast City, at an altitude of 1,690 to 1,730 metres.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 525.

Other Names

The village has also been mentioned as Shitan, Sheytanjegh, and Sheytanjiq.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 525.

Population

According to an author, already in 1890 the majority of the village population was Kurdish. This fact speaks for itself: in 1828 a large-scale emigration also of Shidan Armenians took place.

Գորոյեանց Ն., Պարսկաստանի հայերը [N. Goroyants, The Armenians of Persia] (Tehran, 1968), p. 181.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 525.

In 2011, Shidan was a village of 60 houses populated only by Kurds.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 525.

Author Samvel Karapetian
Date 2011 y․

View from the ruined Armenian cemetery at its north-eastern extremity

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Shitan
Sheytanjegh
Sheytanjiq

In the second half of the 19th century, the statistical bulletins concerning the number of the Armenians showed the following:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1860	2	7	8	15		Mkhitariants, “A Statistical List,” p. 1. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 525.
1875	7	26	17	43		Ararat, no. 3 (1876), p.110. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 525.
1890	8					Գորոյեանց Ն., Պարսկաստանի հայերը [N. Goroyants, The Armenians of Persia] (Tehran, 1968), p. 181. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 525.
1895	5	14	12	26		Ararat, no. 2 (1896), p. 94. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 525.
1898	5	14	11	25		Ararat, nos. 11-12 (1898), p. 505. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 525.