▁growth ▁patterns ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁dec ades , ▁with ▁many ▁settlement s ▁rapidly ▁dep op ulating . ▁Ar su k ▁has ▁been ▁losing ▁population ▁for ▁almost ▁every ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁dec ades . ▁It ▁lost ▁more ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁its ▁population ▁relative ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁levels , ▁over ▁ 1 0 % ▁relative ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁levels . ▁The ▁sharp ▁decl ine ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁mine ▁closure ▁and ▁loss ▁of ▁employ ment . ▁The ▁weak ▁growth ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁and ▁stabil ization ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁level ▁prevent ed ▁Ar su k ▁from ▁sharing ▁the ▁fate ▁of ▁Q ass imi ut , ▁which ▁lost ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁third s ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁and ▁is ▁head ed ▁for ▁abandon ment ▁− ▁and ▁that ▁of ▁K anger lu ars or use q ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁municipality , ▁which ▁has ▁already ▁been ▁abandoned ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁Green land ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 5 ▁Category : 1 8 0 5 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁Green land <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Enter prise ▁Vol ley ball ▁League ▁( ), ▁often ▁abbre vi ated ▁to ▁the ▁TV L ▁( Top ▁Vol ley ball ▁League ), ▁is ▁the ▁amateur ▁men ' s ▁and ▁women ' s ▁vol ley ball ▁le agues ▁run ▁by ▁Chinese ▁Tai pe i