Shorzha, Armenia

Shorzha Շորժա
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°E / 40.50111; 45.27444Coordinates: 40°30′04″N 45°16′28″E / 40.50111°N 45.27444°E / 40.50111; 45.27444
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]

Nature

Vicinity of the village host 111 species of butterflies and are recognized as Prime Butterfly Area "Artanish-Shorzha".^[2] Also the area is known as one of the Key Birding Sites of Armenia. ^[3]

Gallery

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  Shorzha Village
• 
  Shorzha as seen from the Artanish Peninsula.
• 
  17th-century chapel at the outskirts of town.
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  Chapel ruins atop a hill overlooking Shorzha.
• 
  Shorzha train depot

See also

• Gegharkunik Province

References

• Shorzha, Armenia 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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shorzha.

• Shorzha travel guide from Wikivoyage