Shorzha

Coordinates: 40°30′11″N 45°16′13″E / 40.50306°N 45.27028°E / 40.50306; 45.27028

Shorzha Շորժա
Shorzha as seen from the Artanish Peninsula.
Shorzha Շորժա
Coordinates: 40°30′11″N 45°16′13″E / 40.50306°N 45.27028°E / 40.50306; 45.27028
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.