Alvar, Armenia

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Alvar
Ալվար
community
Alvar is located in Armenia
Alvar
Alvar
Coordinates: 41°03′03″N 43°44′57″E / 41.05083°N 43.74917°E / 41.05083; 43.74917Coordinates: 41°03′03″N 43°44′57″E / 41.05083°N 43.74917°E / 41.05083; 43.74917
Country Armenia
Marz (Province)Shirak
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 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]

Population[]

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]

Population per years is the following.[4]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ալվար" (PDF). shirak.mtad.am. 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. ^ "Dictionary of Armenian residences (Հայաստանի հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան), page 10" (PDF). Retrieved April 18, 2014.


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