Alvar, Armenia

Alvar (; , "Duzkend") is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.
The community of Alvar consists of the village of Alvar and the abandoned village of Aravet. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported the community's population was 168 in 2010, up from 147 at the 2001 census.
Population.
According to "Caucasian Calendar" of 1912, 591 people, mainly Azerbaijanis shown in the calendar as «Karapapaks», lived in village Duzkend of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast.
Population per years is the following.