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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Harzhis
| native_name              = Հարժիս
| image_skyline            = Եկեղեցի Սբ. Մինաս.jpg
| image_caption            = St. Minas Church in Harzhis
| pushpin_map              = Armenia#Syunik
| mapsize                  = 150px
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = [[Armenia]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces of Armenia|Province]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Syunik Province|Syunik]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Municipalities of Armenia|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Tatev Municipality|Tatev]]
| area_total_km2           = 33.86
| area_footnotes           = <ref>{{ARMENIAarea|Syunik}}</ref>
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="2011census">{{Cite web|url=https://www.armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_1_182-311.pdf|title=The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia|author=[[Statistical Committee of Armenia]]}}</ref>
| population_as_of         = [[Census in Armenia|2011]]
| population_total         = 879
| population_density_km2   = auto
| timezone                 = [[Armenia Time|AMT]]
| utc_offset               = +4
| coordinates              = {{coord|39|26|00|N|46|13|18|E|region:AM|display=inline,title}}
| footnotes                = {{GEOnet2|32FA88516EA63774E0440003BA962ED3}}
}}
'''Harzhis''' ({{langx|hy|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)|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 Union|Soviet]] years, Harzhis was a part of Goris region of the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|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.
== Demographics ==
=== Population ===
According to the official census in 2011, the population of the village is 879,<ref name="2011census"/> down from 1,014 in 2010,<ref>{{ARMSTATdata|44}}</ref> up from 831 at the 2001 census.<ref>{{ArmenianCensus|210}}</ref>
== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="120">
Հին Հարժիս գյուղատեղի 01.jpg|Scenery
ԵԱԶ հուշարձան Հարժիսում.jpg|WWII Monument
Harzhis, Kotrats caravanserai (3).jpg|Kotrats caravanserai
Խաչքար Սբ. Մինաս եկեղեցում.jpg|Khatchkar from 1606 in Harzhis
Հին Հարժիս գյուղատեղի 17.jpg|Hin Harzhis
Harzhis, Kotrats caravanserai (1).jpg|Kotrats caravanserai
Ալան Թագավոր 20.jpg|13th-century Alan Tagavor church
Հին Հարժիս գյուղատեղի 26.jpg|Hin Harzhis
</gallery>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://lil.am/սյունյաց-աշխարհ/հարժիս-գյուղ-նախաքրիստոնեական-անցյ Harzhis village: the symbol of pre-Christian past]
{{Syunik|state=expanded}}
{{portal bar|Geography}}
[[Category:Populated places in Syunik Province]]