Aghvorik
Place in Shirak, Armenia
Aghvorik Աղվորիկ | |
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41°04′33″N 43°45′18″E / 41.07583°N 43.75500°E / 41.07583; 43.75500 | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Amasia |
| Elevation | 2,050 m (6,730 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 142 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Aghvorik at GEOnet Names Server | |
Aghvorik (Armenian: Աղվորիկ) 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
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | |
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| 1896 | 285 | — | |
| 1897 | 406 | +42.46% | |
| 1926 | 457 | +0.41% | |
| 1939 | 595 | +2.05% | |
| 1959 | 703 | +0.84% | |
| 1970 | 1,072 | +3.91% | |
| 1979 | 1,091 | +0.20% | |
| 1989 | 45 | −27.30% | |
| 2001 | 90 | +5.95% | |
| 2004 | 110 | +6.92% | |
| 2010 | 118 | +1.18% | |
| 2013 | 142 | +6.37% | |
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| Source: [2][3][1] | |||
References
- ^ a b "Աղվորիկ" (PDF). shirak.mtad.am. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-26. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
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