Harzhis ( hy, Հարժիս) is a village in the
Tatev Municipality of the
Syunik Province in
Armenia, 15 km southwest of
Goris, on the left side of the
Vorotan River, on the plateau. The distance from
Kapan
Kapan ( hy, Կապան) is a town in southeast Armenia, serving as the administrative center of the urban community of Kapan as well as the provincial capital of Syunik Province. It is located in the valley of the Voghji River and is on the nort ...
- the center of the province is about 79 km. The height above sea level is about 1700-1730 m.
Until 1968, the village was called Yaiji. With that name the settlement was included in the
Zangezur uezd within the
Elizavetpol Governorate of
Russian Empire. During the
Soviet years, Harzhis was a part of Goris region of the
Armenian SSR
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
. Since 1995, it has been part of the Syunik province of RA, since 2015 the settlement is a part of the enlarged Tatev Municipality.
Demographics
Population
According to the official census in 2011, the population of the village is 879,
down from 1,014 in 2010, up from 831 at the 2001 census.
Gallery
Հին Հարժիս գյուղատեղի 01.jpg, Scenery
ԵԱԶ հուշարձան Հարժիսում.jpg, WWII Monument
Harzhis, Kotrats caravanserai (3).jpg, Kotrats caravanserai
Խաչքար Սբ. Մինաս եկեղեցում.jpg, Khatchkar from 1606 in Harzhis
Հին Հարժիս գյուղատեղի 17.jpg, Hin Harzhis
Harzhis, Kotrats caravanserai (1).jpg, Kotrats caravanserai
Ալան Թագավոր 20.jpg, 13th-century Alan Tagavor church
Հին Հարժիս գյուղատեղի 26.jpg, Hin Harzhis
References
External links
Harzhis village: the symbol of pre-Christian past
{{portal bar, Geography
Populated places in Syunik Province