Shorzha
| Shorzha Շորժա | |
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Shorzha as viewed from atop the adjacent hill with chapel ruins. | |
  Shorzha Շորժա | |
| Coordinates: 40°30′04″N 45°16′28″E / 40.50111°N 45.27444°ECoordinates: 40°30′04″N 45°16′28″E / 40.50111°N 45.27444°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Gegharkunik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Suliko Shushanyan |
| Elevation | 1,915 m (6,283 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 565 |
| Time zone | GMT+4 (UTC+4) |
| Postal code | 1316 |
Shorzha (Armenian: Շորժա, also Romanized as Shorja; formerly, Nadezhdino and Shordzhalu) is a village located along Lake Sevan, northwest of the Artanish Peninsula in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. There is a 17th-century chapel and cemetery along the southern outskirts of the village. Upon the hill overlooking Shorzha, there are the ruins of a chapel, and somewhere in the vicinity are the remains of an Iron Age fort.[1]
Gallery
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Shorzha as seen from the Artanish Peninsula.
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17th-century chapel at the outskirts of town.
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Chapel ruins atop a hill overlooking Shorzha.
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Shorzha train depot
References
- Shorzha at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 49; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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