Alvar, Armenia
Alvar
Ալվար | |
|---|---|
  Alvar  Alvar | |
| Coordinates: 41°03′03″N 43°44′57″E / 41.05083°N 43.74917°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Amasia |
| Elevation | 1,980 m (6,500 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 243 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Alvar, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server | |
Alvar (Template:Lang-hy) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia.
The community of Alvar consists of the village of Alvar and the abandoned village of Aravet.
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
- ^ 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. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
Capital: Gyumri | ||
| Urban settlements |  | |
| Akhuryan Municipality | ||
| Amasia Municipality | ||
| Ani Municipality | ||
| Artik Municipality | ||
| Ashotsk Municipality | ||
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