NAGORNO-KARABAKH TO HOLD FIRST POPULATION CENSUS
Armenpress
Oct 17, 2005
STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 17, ARMENPRESS: The chief of Armenia’s national
statistical committee, Stepan Mnatsakanian was in Nagorno- Karabakh
on October 15 to discuss with its president, Arkady Ghukasian, a set
of issues on holding a population census.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh are planning to conduct the first ever
population census, since it declared independence from Azerbaijan,
between October 18-27, which they believe ‘will become another
step towards consolidation of Karabakh’s independence. According to
Ghukasian, the census returns will help the government to design its
projects and forecast social-economic developments.
A special government commission, headed by a deputy prime minister,
was established to conduct the census. The last population
census in Karabakh was held in 1989, when it had a population of
192,000. Armenians made 76% and Azeri 23%, with Russian and Kurdish
minorities.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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