Rya Taza (Armenian: Ռյա Թազա) or Ria Taza (Kurdish: Ria Taza, lit. 'New way') is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It was formerly known as Kondakhsaz or known by locals as Qundesaz. Most residents of Rya Taza are Yezidis who belong to the Sîpka/Sîpkî who've migrated into the Russian dominated Aparan region since the 1800s from the Ottoman-Russian borderlands.[1]

Rya Taza Ռյա Թազա
View from the village
Rya Taza
Coordinates: 40°39′29″N 44°18′22″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Aragatsotn
Population  (2001)
• Total	443
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )

The village is home to a ruined Armenian church built between the 10th and 13th centuries. It also contains an old cemetery with Grabmal%20auf%20dem%20Friedhof%20von%20Rya%20Taza,%20Armenien%20II%5D%5D animal-shaped tombstones. In December 2020, a Yezidi cleric from the Lalish holy site located in Iraq blessed a newly built temple named after Shekhubekir (Şêxûbekir) which is intended to be opened to the public in 2021.[2]

See also

• Aragatsotn Province
• Yazidis in Armenia

References

• Rya Taza at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 22, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website

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[ru] Рйа Таза (село)