- Shorzha
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Coordinates: 40°30′11″N 45°16′13″E / 40.50306°N 45.27028°E
Shorzha
ՇորժաShorzha as seen from the Artanish Peninsula. Coordinates: 40°30′11″N 45°16′13″E / 40.50306°N 45.27028°E Country Armenia Marz (Province) Gegharkunik Government – Mayor Suliko Shushanyan Population (2001) – Total 565 Time zone (UTC+4) – Summer (DST) (UTC+5) 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 on the south edge of the village. On the hill overlooking the village, there are the ruins of a chapel, and somewhere in the vicinity are the remains of an Iron Age fort.
References
- Shorzha at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
- Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 49; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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