Shaghik

Shaghik (Armenian: Շաղիկ; Azerbaijani: Qarabulaq; formerly Karabulag) is a village in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, with 293 Azerbaijanis living in the village prior to their expulsion.[1]

Shaghik

Շաղիկ
Qarabulaq
Shaghik
Coordinates: 41°02′52″N 43°35′08″E
CountryArmenia
Marz (Province)Shirak
Population
 (2001)
  Total85
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )
  Summer (DST)UTC+5 ( )

Population

According to "Caucasian Calendar" of 1912, 373 people, mainly Azerbaijanis shown in the calendar as Karapapaks, lived in village Karabulag of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.[2]

Population per years is the following.[3]

Year 1886 1897 1959 1970 1979 1989 2001 2004
Pop. 185 302 145 217 239 180 85 106

References

  1. Gorgodyan Z. Soviet Armenia population in the years of 1831-1931. In Armenian. Yervean, 1932. p.102-103
  2. Кавказский календарь. Тифлис 1912
  3. "Dictionary of Armenian residences (Հայաստանի հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան), page 153" (PDF). Retrieved April 18, 2014.


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