Alvar, Armenia

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)
 • Total
140[1]
Time zoneUTC+4
ClimateDfb
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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.[2]

Demographics

The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported the community's population was 168 in 2010,[3] up from 147 at the 2001 census.[4] As of January 2013, the villages' population is 243.[2]

The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1886348—    
1931468+0.66%
1959366−0.87%
1970528+3.39%
1979630+1.98%
1989154−13.14%
2001147−0.39%
2011140−0.49%
2013243+31.75%
Source: [5]

References

  1. ^ "Shirak (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  2. ^ a b "Ալվար" (PDF). shirak.mtad.am. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-26. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  4. ^ Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
  5. ^ a b 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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