Harzhis (Armenian: Հարժիս) is a village in the Tatev Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia, 15 km southwest 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 1700-1730 m.
Until 1968, the village was called Yaiji. With that name the settlement was included in the Zangezur uezd within the Elizavetpol Governorate of Russian Empire. During the Soviet years, Harzhis was a part of Goris region of the Armenian SSR. Since 1995, it has been part of the Syunik province of RA, since 2015 the settlement is a part of the enlarged Tatev Municipality.
^"Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
^Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
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