Ushi
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Coordinates: 40°20′54″N 44°22′23″E / 40.34833°N 44.37306°E
| Ushi Ուշի |
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 Ushi
Ուշի |
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| Coordinates: 40°20′54″N 44°22′23″E / 40.34833°N 44.37306°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Aragatsotn |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 1,386 |
| Time zone | (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | (UTC+5) |
Ushi (Armenian: Ուշի) is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Until the Russian conquest in 1828, Ushi was the administrative center of the Sayyidli-Aksakhali Mahal (district). The town contains a small 10th century chapel, and approximately 1 km outside of the village are the ruins of Saint Sargis Monastery of the 7th-13th centuries. Under the Chapel of Saint Sargis (the only structure still standing), is the grave and re-interred remains of the aforementioned saint. On top of the hill adjacent to the monastery complex are the collapsed remains of an Iron Age Fortress.
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Ruins of the Saint Sargis monastic complex at Ushi of the 7th-13th c.
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Iron Age Fortress of Ushi.
[edit] References
- Ushi at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
- Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 21, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
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