Nerkin Dzhrapi (also, Chirpili, Jrapi, and Dzhrapi) is a former village in the
Shirak Province
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 ...
of
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
which was intentionally flooded by the
Akhurian Reservoir
Akhurian Reservoir ( hy, Ախուրյանի ջրամբար; tr, Arpaçay Baraj Gölü) is a reservoir on the Akhurian River between Armenia and Turkey. The reservoir has a surface area of 54 km² and a volume of 525 million cubic meters. It ...
. It was replaced by a new village named
Dzhrapi. It contained an 11th-century
caravanserai and a medieval bridge across the
Akhuryan River; the river demarcates the Armenian-Turkish border.
References
*Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 78, available online at th
US embassy to Armenia's website*
Former populated places in Shirak Province
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