Zeyta is a village in the Sharur-Daralayaz uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Pashali (Azizbeyov, Vayk) district, and currently in the Vayots Dzor province. The provincial centre is located 17 km to the southeast of the town of Keshishkend (Yeghegnadzor), on the bank of the Zeytadara River, one of the tributaries of the Arpa River, and at a height of 1,650 m above sea level. The village was mentioned as “Chopma”, “Chomap”, “Zeta”, “Chapma”, “Zeyva” in the works of Armenian authors. It was noted in “The Iravan Province Comprehensive Data Book”.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 67 in 1831, 224 in 1873, 261 in 1886, 324 in 1897 and 403 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The village was attacked by Armenian armed units in 1918 and its inhabitants were deported. After the establishment of Soviet power in the territory of present-day Armenia, those who survived were able to return to their ancestral lands. The village was inhabited by 34 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 147 in 1926, 228 in 1931, 311 in 1939, 188 in 1959, 239 in 1970 and 263 Azerbaijanis in 1979. In November 1988 the Armenian state deported the inhabitants of the village. At present, the village is inhabited only by Armenians.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 3 April 1991, the village was renamed “Zedea”. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative territory of the Vayots Dzor province.

Geographic coordinates: latitude 39°40’ N., longitude 45°23’E.