Ardenis ( hy, Արդենիս) is a village and
rural community (municipality) in the
Shirak Province
Shirak ( hy, Շիրակ, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering Turkey to the west and Georgia to the north. Its capital and largest city is Gyumri, which is the second largest city ...
of
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
.
History
The village had a mixed
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
-
Azerbaijani population. During the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaij ...
, the Azerbaijani residents left for Azerbaijan.
Demographics
In 1896, the village had 285 inhabitants, in 1897 – 406, in 1926 – 457, in 1939 – 595, in 1959 – 703, in 1970 – 1,072, in 1979 – 1,091 Armenian and Azerbaijani residents.
According to 1912 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', 335 people, mainly
Karapapak
The Karapapakhs or Tarakama ( az, Qarapapaqlar, Tərəkəmələr; tr, Karapapaklar, Terekemeler) are a Turkic people, who originally spoke the Karapapakh language, a western Oghuz language closely related to Azerbaijani and Turkish. Nowada ...
s, lived in village Gollu of
Kars Okrug of
Kars Oblast
The Kars Oblast was a province (''oblast'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire between 1878 and 1917. Its capital was the city of Kars, presently in Turkey. The ''oblast'' bordered the Ottoman Empire to the west, the Batum Oblast ...
.
Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 177 in 2010, up from 132 at the 2001 census.
The population of the village since 1897 is as follows:
References
Communities in Shirak Province
Populated places in Shirak Province
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