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In 1951 Dastakert has gaind the status of town, and in 1952 the copper-molybdenum plant was built there. In 1968, during the Soviet heyday, there were 4000 residents in Dastakerd. After the copper-molybdenum plant shut its doors in 1975, the population has harshly declined, and all that remained from the town's boom period was only its status as an urban community. Nowadays, only 317 residents live in Dastakert, most of which are refugees from Azerbaijan. 2-3 children are born in Dastakerd on a yearly basis. Currently, 1 secondary school, 1 cultural centre, a musical school and a library are regularly operating in the town. There is a lithographic inscription 2 km north of the settlement on a rock called Vardapet-Stone. |