Harzhis

The village is located 15 km southwest of the town 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 17-17,3 km.

Until 1968, the village was known as Yayji/Yaydzhi.

The settlement was part of the Zangezur uezd within the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire. During the Soviet period, Harzhis was a part of the Goris region of the Armenian SSR. Since 2015, the settlement is a part of the Tatev Municipality.

According to the official census in 2011, the population of the village is 879,^[2] down from 1,014 in 2010,^[3] up from 831 at the 2001 census.^[4]

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  Scenery
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  WWII Monument
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  Kotrats caravanserai
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  Khatchkar from 1606 in Harzhis
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  Hin Harzhis
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  Kotrats caravanserai
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  13th-century Alan Tagavor church
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  Hin Harzhis