Bala Zagha was a village in the territory of the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Vedi (Ararat) district, and present-day Ararat province. The village was marked as “Zagha” on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was inhabited by 178 Azerbaijanis in 1897. In the early 20th century the Azerbaijanis were ousted and the village was abolished. İt is in ruins now.

The toponym was coined by combining the words “bala” meaning “little, small” and “zagha” meaning “a cave”.