Official Name: | Ushi |
Native Name: | Ուշի |
Pushpin Map: | Armenia#Aragatsotn |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Aragatsotn |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Ashtarak |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 1386 |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 40.3483°N 44.3731°W |
Elevation M: | 1400 |
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.