Alvar
Ալվար | |
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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 ( Armenian: Ալվար) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia.
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]
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 |