Alvar, Armenia
Alvar Ալվար | |
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41°03′03″N 43°44′57″E / 41.05083°N 43.74917°E / 41.05083; 43.74917 | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Shirak |
Municipality | Amasia |
Elevation | 1,980 m (6,500 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 243 |
Time zone | UTC+4 |
Climate | Dfb |
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Alvar (Armenian: Ալվար) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
History
Some of the ancestors of the village population emigrated from Western Armenia in 1828-1830. The village was mostly populated by Azerbaijanis. In 1988-1989, during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, local Azeris moved to Azerbaijan, and Armenian families resettled in the village.[1]
Demographics
The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported the community's population was 168 in 2010,[2] up from 147 at the 2001 census.[3] As of January 2013, the villages' population is 243.[1]
The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:[4]
Year | Population |
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1886 | 348 |
1931 | 468 |
1959 | 366 |
1970 | 528 |
1979 | 630 |
1989 | 154 |
2001 | 147 |
2004 | 157 |
2010 | 168 |
2013 | 243 |
References
- ^ a b "Ալվար" (PDF). shirak.mtad.am. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-26. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
- ^ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- ^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
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