Byurakn
Բյուրակն | |
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Coordinates: 40°52′07″N 43°42′26″E / 40.86861°N 43.70722°E | |
Country | Armenia |
Province | Shirak |
Municipality | Amasia |
Elevation | 1,730 m (5,680 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 926 |
Time zone | UTC+4 |
Byurakn at GEOnet Names Server |
Byurakn (Armenian: Բյուրակն), until 4 July 2006 known as Gyullibulagh (Armenian: Գյուլլիբուլաղ),[1]: 48 is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 926 in 2010,[2] up from 781 at the 2001 census.[3]
According to the 1912 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, there was a mainly Karapapakh population of 1,046 people in the village of Gyullibulakh of the Kars Okrug of the Kars Oblast.[4]
The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:[5]
Year | Population |
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1886 | 673 |
1897 | 958 |
1926 | 1,142 |
1939 | 1,388 |
1959 | 1,529 |
1970 | 2,459 |
1979 | 2,580 |
1989 | 305 |
2001 | 781 |
2004 | 890 |