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 | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Shirak |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 85 |
| Time zone | UTC+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
- Shaghik at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
- Gorgodyan Z. Soviet Armenia population in the years of 1831-1931. In Armenian. Yervean, 1932. p.102-103
- Кавказский календарь. Тифлис 1912
- "Dictionary of Armenian residences (Հայաստանի հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան), page 153" (PDF). Retrieved April 18, 2014.
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