RATE OF BIRTH GREW COMPARED WITH 2005
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
07 Aug 2006
The NKR National Statistics Service reports, 1203 children were born
in the first half of 2006, compared with 1169 in the first half of
2005. Hence, the natural growth of the population totaled 454 and
increased by 12.7 percent, compared with the first half of 2005. This
year 398 marriages were registered, compared with 354 in the first
half of 2005. The rate of divorce remained 64.
By official records, 534 people arrived in NKR in the first half of
2006 (internal migration excluded) and 643 people left NKR. GRAIN CROP
YIELD DECLINED. The NKR National Statistics Service reports that as
of July 31, 52763 ha of grain was harvested, which is 94.5 percent of
the total area under crop (55814.4 ha). 62.06 thousand tons of wheat
was threshed, the average yield totaled 11.8 metric centners per
hectare, including the region of Askeran 12313.4 ha, 14.24 thousand
tons, 13.7 metric centners, Hadrut 7897 ha, 9.33 thousand tons,
11.8 metric centners, Martakert 8043.6 ha, 11.47 thousand tons, 14.3
metric centners, Martuni 13101 ha, 17.99 thousand tons, 13.7 metric
centners, Shushi 830 ha, 356.9 tons, 4.3 metric centners, Shahumyan
78 ha, 23.4 thousand tons and 3 metric centners, Kashatagh 10500 ha,
8.64 thousand tons, 8.2 tons.
The yield of grain crops declined by 14.6 percent or 2 metric centners
compared with the average yield as of August 1, 2005 (13.8 metric
centners).
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