Akhuryan (Armenian: Ախուրյան) is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 7,113 as per the 2011 official census down from 9,696 at the 2001 census.[1]
Akhuryan
Ախուրյան | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Akhuryan  Akhuryan | |
| Coordinates: 40°46′53″N 43°53′47″E / 40.78139°N 43.89639°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Akhuryan |
| Elevation | 1,500 m (4,900 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 7,113 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Akhuryan at GEOnet Names Server | |
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | |
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| 1831 | 456 | — | |
| 1897 | 1,635 | +1.95% | |
| 1926 | 2,447 | +1.40% | |
| 1939 | 2,320 | −0.41% | |
| 1959 | 2,966 | +1.24% | |
| 1970 | 3,812 | +2.31% | |
| 1979 | 6,364 | +5.86% | |
| 2001 | 9,696 | +1.93% | |
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| Source: [2] | |||
Notable people
edit- Varsham Boranyan, European champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
- Levon Geghamyan, Greco-Roman wrestler
References
edit- ^ Armenia Census 2011: Shirak Province
- ^ 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.