Lusaghbyur, Lori
40°51′55″N 44°01′50″E / 40.86528°N 44.03056°E
Lusaghbyur
Լուսաղբյուր Aghbulagh | |
|---|---|
  Lusaghbyur | |
| Coordinates: 40°51′55″N 44°01′50″E / 40.86528°N 44.03056°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Lori |
| Municipality | Spitak |
| Elevation | 1,800 m (5,900 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 998 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
Lusaghbyur (Armenian: Լուսաղբյուր) is a town in the Spitak Municipality within the Lori Province of Armenia.
Etymology
The village was previously known as Aghbulagh (Աղբուլաղ).
History
During the Turkish–Armenian War in late 1920, The Turkish army massacred 1,186 inhabitants of the village.
Demographics
The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:
| Year | Population | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1831 | 152 | 100% Armenian |
| 1873 | 768 | |
| 1886 | 967 | |
| 1897 | 1,210 | 1,172 Armenians, 14 Orthodox, 24 others; 645 men |
| 1904 | 1,317 | |
| 1914 | 1,637 | Mainly Armenian |
| 1916 | 1,618 | |
| 1919 | 2,077 | Mainly Armenian |
| 1922 | 589 | 100% Armenian |
| 1926 | 915 | 100% Armenian; 467 men |
| 1931 | 1,217 | 100% Armenian |
| 1939 | 1,350 | |
| 1959 | 1,210 | |
| 1979 | 1,056 | |
| 2001 | 998 | |
| 2004 | 1,110 |
References
- Lusaghbyur, Lori at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- ^ Galoyan, G.; Lazakhetsy, V. (2000). Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունը 1918-1920 թթ [The Republic of Armenia, 1918–1920] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Publishing House "Science". pp. 379–380. ISBN 5-8080-0436-5.
- ^ Korkotyan, Zaven (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) [The population of Soviet Armenia in the last century (1831–1931)] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Pethrat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
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