Chimankend is a village in the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Vedi (Ararat) district, and currently in the Ararat province. The provincial centre lies 26 km to the southeast of the town of Gamarli (Artashat), at a height of 1,075 m above sea level. It had been the centre of the district of Garabaghlar which had existed earlier. In connection with the abolishment of the district of Garabaghlar in 1948–1949 the village was given to the subordination of the former Vedi district. It was marked as “Jmankend” on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was inhabited by 756 Azerbaijanis in 1873, 924 in 1886, 1,260 in 1897, 1,725 in 1904 and 1,879 Azerbaijanis in 1914. In 1919 the Azerbaijanis were massacred by Armenian armed units and the survivors were forcibly driven out from the village. The Armenians, who were removed from Türkiye after 1920, were settled in the village. The surviving Azerbaijanis managed to return to their village, after Soviet power had been established in the present-day Armenian territory. The village was populated by 880 Azerbaijanis, 210 Armenians in 1922, 690 Azerbaijanis, 141 Armenians in 1926, 663 Azerbaijanis, 178 Armenians in 1931. In the subsequent years the population of the village were registered in general form (Armenians and Azerbaijanis were indicated together). In 1972 there were 1,917 residents there, out of which 90% were Azerbaijanis. In November-December 1988 the Azerbaijanis were deported by the state of Armenia. At present, only Armenians live there.

The toponym was coined by combining the word “chiman” denoting “a meadow”, “a sward” (“chaman” is used as “chiman” in Azerbaijani dialects) and the word “kend” used in the sense of “a settlement”.

The village was renamed “Urjadzor” by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 25 January 1978. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative area of the Ararat province.

Geographic coordinates: latitude: 39°54’ N., longitude: 44°49’ E.