Jradzor

40°54′54″N 43°46′19″E

Jradzor Ջրաձոր
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Coordinates: 40°54′54″N 43°46′19″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Shirak
Municipality	Amasia
Population  (2011)
• Total	237
Time zone	UTC+4
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5

Jradzor (Armenian: Ջրաձոր) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. It is located on the right bank of the Hoghmajur or Illiget River, a tributary of the Akhuryan.

Etymology

The village was previously known as Jalab. It was renamed Jradzor in 1946.

History

An old church and cemetery, as well as the remains of a fortification dating back to the second or first millennium BCE, are located in the village. Traces of a settlement dating back to the third millennium BCE have been discovered near the village school, including a large quantity of potter fragments and vessels. Tombs from the classical period were also unearthed in the same area, which appear to have been destroyed during the Middle Ages. In 1967, a large diatomite mine was discovered near the village.

As in many other settlements in Shirak Province, part of the village's population are descended from Armenians who migrated from the Western Armenian province of Basen in the nineteenth century. Jradzor was damaged during the 1988 Armenian earthquake.

During Soviet times, the village was included within the Amasia District of the Armenian SSR. In 1995 it became a part of Shirak Province and was later included in the Amasia rural community (municipality).

The village is planned to be relocated to make way for the construction of a reservoir.^[1]

Demographics

The population of the village since 1831 is as follows:^[2]

Year	Population
1831	206
1897	646
1926	490
1939	663
1959	378
1970	343
1979	314
1989	298
2001	302
2004	285
2011	237[3]

References

1. Kaghzvantsyan, Satenik (24 January 2023). 5 միլիարդ դրամ՝ Ջրաձորի տեղափոխման համար. գյուղի տարածքում կվերսկսվի Կապսի ջրամբարի կառուցումը [5 billion drams for the relocation of Jradzor. the construction of Kapsi reservoir will be resumed in the territory of the village]. Azatutyun (in Armenian). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
2. Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
3. "Population Census 2011: Distribution of RA De facto and De jure Population by RA administrative-territorial units" (PDF). Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

• Jradzor at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia