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Jradzor (Armenian: Ջրաձոր, also Romanized as Dzhradzor) is a village in the Shirak Province of Armenia. It is a part of the Amasia rural community. It is located on the right bank of the Hoghmajur or Illiget River, a tributary of the Akhuryan.

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Coordinates: 40°54′54″N 43°46′19″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Shirak
Population  (2001)
• Total	302
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Name

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 fell under 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).

Population

The village's population over the years is as follows:[1]

Year	1831	1897	1926	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2004
Pop.	206	646	490	663	378	343	314	298	302	285

References

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

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