Shamshadin District

The Shamshadin District (Armenian: Շամշադինի շրջան) was a raion (district) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1929 and later in 1991 of the Republic of Armenia until its disestablishment in 1995. The Shamshadin district today constitutes a southeastern part of the Tavush Province (marz). Its administrative centre was the town of Berd.

Shamshadin District
Շամշադինի շրջան
District
The Shamshadin District in Armenia
Country
 Armenian SSR

 Armenia

Established24 June 1929
Abolished11 April 1995
CapitalBerd
Area
 • Total829.21 km2 (320.16 sq mi)
Population
 (1989)
 • Total34,559
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)

History

The Shamshadin district was formed on the territory of the Armenian SSR on 24 June 1929, originally a part of the Dilijan Uyezd which had been separated from the tsarist Kazakh Uyezd in 1921.[1]

Shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the administration of the Republic of Armenia consolidated the Shamshadin, Noyemberyan and Ijevan districts into the larger Tavush Province.[2]

Demographics

According to the 1939 census, Shamshadin was the most homogenous region of the Armenian SSR.[3]

Historical population and ethnic composition of Shamshadin District[4]
Year Armenians Others TOTAL
1831
3,063
100.0%
3,063
1873
6,346
100.0%
6,346
1886
8,598
100.0%
8,598
1897
11,268
100.0%
11,268
1908
6,920
100.0%
6,920
1914[lower-alpha 1]
8,393
1914[lower-alpha 2]
8,400
1916
14,387
1919
16,000
1922
19,278
100.0%
19,278
1926
20,111
99.8%
31
0.2%
20,142
1931
23,437
99.9%
13
0.1%
23,450
1939[5]
27,952
99.2%
225
0.8%
28,177
1959[6]
31,814
1970[7]
35,168
1979[8]
33,994
1989[9]
34,559
2001[10]
32,255
2011[11]
27,429


Villages

There were 16 villages in the Shamshadin District:

Notable people

Notes
  1. According to the Caucasian Calendar for 1915.
  2. According to the archived population.

References
  1. Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014), Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, New Haven and London, p. 84, ISBN 978-0-300-15308-8, OCLC 884858065, retrieved 2021-12-25
  2. "Legislation: National Assemly of RA". www.parliament.am. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  3. "население армении". www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  4. Korkotyan, Zaven (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) [The population of Soviet Armenia in the last century (1831-1931)] (in Armenian). Melkonyan Foundation. p. 167.
  5. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 года". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  6. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  7. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  8. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  9. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  10. "Figures of marz of Tavush / Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia". armstat.am. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  11. "ՀՀ Տավուշի մարզի ցուցանիշները / Հայաստանի Հանրապետության վիճակագրական կոմիտե". armstat.am. Retrieved 2022-03-13.


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