Ushi, Armenia

Ushi Ուշի
The village of Ushi. Smoke rises as villagers burn dead plant material during the fall season.
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Coordinates: 40°20′54″N 44°22′23″E / 40.34833°N 44.37306°E / 40.34833; 44.37306
Country	Armenia
Province	Aragatsotn
Municipality	Ashtarak
Elevation	1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,617[1]
Time zone	UTC+4
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5

Ushi (Armenian: Ուշի) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It contains a 10th-century chapel, and approximately 1 km outside the village are the ruins of Saint Sargis Monastery of the 7th to 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 of the 7th to 13th centuries at Ushi
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  Iron Age fortress of Ushi

• Ushi, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazetteer: Armenia^{[dead link‍]} – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Lilit Hovhannisyan (2009-02-06). "Thirsting for a Mate: Tradition and faith meet on St. Sarkis Day". Features. ArmeniaNow.com. Retrieved 2013-06-14.

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