THE FIRST CENSUS IN KARABAKH
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| 13:44:34 | 14-10-2005 | Social |
October 18-27 2005 in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic a census of
population will be held. It will be the first in the history of the
independent Republic.
The first census was organized in Karabakh in 1926. According to its
results, there were 125.3 thousand people living in the autonomous
region, from which 111.7 thousand Armenians and 12.6 thousand
Azeris. Censuses have also been organized in 1939, 1959, 1970, and
1989 which was the last one.
Today, according to statistics, there are 144.6 thousand people living
in Karabakh. The Karabakh Government has allotted 120 million AMD to
the organization of the Census, karabakh-online.com informs.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress