Byurakn
Place in Shirak, Armenia
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Byurakn (Armenian: Բյուրակն), until 4 July 2006 known as Gyullibulagh (Armenian: Գյուլլիբուլաղ),[2]: 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,[3] up from 781 at the 2001 census.[4]
Byurakn
Բյուրակն | |
|---|---|
  Byurakn  Byurakn | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′07″N 43°42′26″E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Amasia |
| Elevation | 1,730 m (5,680 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 739[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| Byurakn at GEOnet Names Server | |
Demographics
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.[5]
The population of the village since 1886 is as follows:[6]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 673 | — |
| 1897 | 958 | +3.26% |
| 1926 | 1,142 | +0.61% |
| 1939 | 1,388 | +1.51% |
| 1959 | 1,529 | +0.48% |
| 1970 | 2,459 | +4.41% |
| 1979 | 2,580 | +0.54% |
| 1989 | 305 | −19.23% |
| 2001 | 781 | +8.15% |
| 2011 | 739 | −0.55% |
| Source: [6] | ||
