Alvar, Armenia Explained

Official Name:Alvar
Native Name:Ալվար
Pushpin Map:Armenia#Shirak
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Armenia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Shirak
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Amasia
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:243
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:41.0508°N 43.7492°W
Elevation M:1980
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Dfb

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, up from 147 at the 2001 census. As of January 2013, the villages' population is 243.

The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:

YearPopulation
1886348
1931468
1959366
1970528
1979630
1989154
2001147
2004157
2010168
2013243

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ալվար. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191126131935/http://shirak.mtad.am:80/u_files/file/%D4%B1%D5%AC%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80.pdf . 2019-11-26 . 14 February 2021. shirak.mtad.am.