Krasar ( hy, Կրասար) is a village in the

Ashotsk Municipality Ashotsk ( hy, Աշոցք, also Romanized as Ashoc’k’ and Ashotsq; formerly, Verin-Gukasyan, Gukasyan, Ghukasyan) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the R ...

of the

Shirak Province Shirak ( hy, wikt:Շիրակ, Շիրակ, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering Turkey to the west and Georgia (country), Geor ...

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 ''Ox ...

. The village is mainly populated by

Armenians Armenians ( hy, հայեր, ''hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora ...

but has a

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

minority.

Demographics

The population of the village since 1897 is as follows:

References

* * Populated places in Shirak Province Kurdish settlements in Armenia {{Shirak-geo-stub