Jradzor ( hy, Ջրաձոր) is a village in the
Amasia Municipality
Shirak ( hy, Շիրակ, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north-west of the country, bordering Turkey to the west and Georgia to the north. Its capital and largest city is Gyumri, which is the second largest city in ...
of the
Shirak Province of
Armenia. It is a part of the
Amasia Amasia may refer to the following places:
* Amasya, a city in Northern Turkey
** Amasya Province, which contains the city
** Amasea (titular see), the former Metropolitan Archbishopric with see there, now a Latin Catholic titular see
* Amasia, Shir ...
rural community
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
. It is located on the right bank of the Hoghmajur or Illiget River, a tributary of the
Akhuryan
Akhuryan ( hy, , translit=Axuryan), is a major village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 7,113 as per the 2011 official census down from 9,696 at ...
.
Etymology
The village was previously known as ''Jalab''. It was renamed Jradzor in 1946.
History
An old church and cemetery, as well as the remains of a fortification dating back to the second or first millennium BCE, are located in the village. Traces of a settlement dating back to the third millennium BCE have been discovered near the village school, including a large quantity of potter fragments and vessels. Tombs from the
classical period were also unearthed in the same area, which appear to have been destroyed during the
Middle Ages. In 1967, a large
diatomite mine was discovered near the village.
As in many other settlements in Shirak Province, part of the village's population are descended from Armenians who migrated from the Western Armenian province of
Basen in the nineteenth century. Jradzor was damaged during the
1988 Armenian earthquake
The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak earthquake ( hy, Սպիտակի երկրաշարժ, ), occurred on December 7 at with a surface wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum MSK intensity of X (''Devastating''). The shock occurre ...
.
During Soviet times, the village was included within the
Amasia District 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 ...
. In 1995 it became a part of Shirak Province and was later included in the Amasia rural community (municipality).
Demographics
The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:
References
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Populated places in Shirak Province
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