Rya Taza

Rya Taza

Infobox Settlement
official_name =Rya Taza Ռյա Թազա
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province)
subdivision_name1 =Aragatsotn
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population_as_of = 2001
population_total =443
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utc_offset = +4
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utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=40 |latm=39 |lats=29 |latNS=N
longd=44|longm=18 |longs=22 |longEW=E
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Rya Taza ( _hy. Ռյա Թազա, also Romanized as Rrya T’aza, Ria Taza, and Rrya Taza - meaning "new way" in Kurdish; formerly, Kondakhsaz, Kondagsaz, and Ghondaksaz) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most residents are Yezidis. The town has a ruined church from the 10th to 13th century and a cemetery with animal-shaped tombstones.

References

*GEOnet2|32FA881E6B043774E0440003BA962ED3
*ArmenianCensus|70
*Kiesling, "Rediscoving Armenia", p. 22, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website]


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