Alvar
Ալվար
Alvar is located in Armenia
Alvar
Alvar
Alvar is located in Shirak
Alvar
Alvar
Coordinates: 41°03′03″N 43°44′57″E / 41.05083°N 43.74917°E / 41.05083; 43.74917
CountryArmenia
ProvinceShirak
MunicipalityAmasia
Elevation
1,980 m (6,500 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total243
Time zoneUTC+4
ClimateDfb
Alvar, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server

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
1886 348
1931 468
1959 366
1970 528
1979 630
1989 154
2001 147
2004 157
2010 168
2013 243

References

  1. 1 2 "Ալվար" (PDF). shirak.mtad.am. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-26. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  3. ↑ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
  4. ↑ 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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