Lusaghbyur, Lori

40°51′55″N 44°01′50″E / 40.86528°N 44.03056°E / 40.86528; 44.03056

Lusaghbyur
Լուսաղբյուր
Aghbulagh
Lusaghbyur is located in Armenia
Lusaghbyur
Lusaghbyur
Coordinates: 40°51′55″N 44°01′50″E / 40.86528°N 44.03056°E / 40.86528; 44.03056
CountryArmenia
ProvinceLori
MunicipalitySpitak
Elevation
1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
998
Time zoneUTC+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).[1][2]

History

During the Turkish–Armenian War in late 1920, The Turkish army massacred 1,186 inhabitants of the village.[1]

Demographics

The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:[2][3]

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

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ 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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