Population In Nagornyy-Karabakh Republic [NKR] Is Over 137,000

POPULATION IN NAGORNYY-KARABAKH REPUBLIC [NKR] IS OVER 137,000

Mediamax news agency
22 Aug 06

Yerevan, 22 August: The permanent population of the Nagornyy-Karabakh
republic [NKR] totals 137,737 people.

These are the final results of the census held in October 2005,
the NKR National Statistical Service told Mediamax today.

Men comprise 48.3 per cent of the population and women 51.7 per cent.

Urban and rural residents makes up 47 and 53 per cent of the population
respectively.

About 49,986 people live in the NKR capital Stepanakert.