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Alvar (Armenian: Ալվար) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia.

Alvar Ալվար
community
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Coordinates: 41°03′03″N 43°44′57″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Shirak
Elevation	1,980 m (6,500 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	243
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
Climate	Dfb
Alvar, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server

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

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