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Harzhis

Field	Value
official_name	Harzhis
native_name	Հարժիս
image_skyline	Եկեղեցի Սբ. Մինաս.jpg
image_caption	St. Minas Church in Harzhis
pushpin_map	Armenia#Syunik
mapsize	150px
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Armenia
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Syunik
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Tatev
area_total_km2	33.86
area_footnotes
population_footnotes
population_as_of	2011
population_total	879
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	AMT
utc_offset	+4
coordinates
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Harzhis () 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 - 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 Yayji/Yaydzhi. 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. 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

{{ARMENIAarea. Syunik
[[Statistical Committee of Armenia]]. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia".
{{ARMSTATdata. 44
{{ArmenianCensus. 210

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