Kareli ( ka, ქარელის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Karelis municiṗaliṫeṫi'') is a district of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

, in the region of

Shida Kartli Shida Kartli ( ka, შიდა ქართლი, , ; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (''Mkhare'') in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of , S ...

. Some northern territories of the district are part of the self-proclaimed republic of

South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...

and have not been under control of the Georgian government since 1992. Located in the central part of Georgia on the Shida Kartli plain. The municipality is bordered on the east by Gori, on the west by Khashuri, and on the south by

Borjomi Borjomi ( ka, ბორჯომი) is a resort town in south-central Georgia, 160 km from Tbilisi, with a population of 11,122 (2021). It is one of the municipalities of the Samtskhe–Javakheti region and is situated in the northwestern ...

. Area of the municipality - 687.9 km2 Population - 41 316 people. There are 35 state public schools and 1 private school-gymnasium, a secondary vocational school, 1 central library, a cultural center and a museum of local lore in Kareli municipality.

History

Kareli is mentioned in historical sources from the Early Bronze Age, and Kareli as a developed city center already in the XVI-XVII centuries. Mentioned. Most of today's Kareli was part of the

Tsitsishvili The Tsitsishvili ( ka, ციციშვილი) is a Georgian noble family, with several notable members from the 15th century through the 20th. The Tsitsishvili family was a continuation of the medieval house of Panaskerteli, known in the p ...

nobility-Satsitsiano, where he lived and worked as a military-political, builder, cultural-educational, scientific and medical figure. Kareli is known for many historical facts: the Ecclesiastical Council of Ruisi-Urbnisi in 1103,

Battle of Aradeti The Battle of Aradeti was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Principality of Samtskhe at the place of Aradeti on August 1483. The political split of the Kingdom of Georgia was speeded up by the Eristavs of Samtskhe. In ...

in 1483 and others. The current territory of Kareli Municipality was included in Gori Mazra of Tbilisi Province until 1917. From 1930 in Gori and Khashuri districts, and from 1939 as a separate district. 1963-64 Rejoined these districts. From 1965 it was formed as a separate district within the present borders.

Economy

In Kareli municipality there are mainly fields with investment potential: processing industry and agriculture. Agar sugar factory and food industry enterprises are located in Kareli municipality. The leading fields of agriculture are: fruit growing, horticulture, horticulture-horticulture, viticulture, animal husbandry and others. The main highway and highways of the Transcaucasian Railway pass here.

Population

Kareli municipality includes one municipal center and 82 villages, which are united in 18 administrative units. The administrative center is Kareli, the administrative units are: *

Urbnisi Urbnisi ( ka, ურბნისი) is a village in Georgia’s Shida Kartli region, in the district of Kareli. Situated on a high left bank of the Mtkvari river, it was an important city in ancient and early medieval Iberia as Georgia was know ...

*Ruisi * Agara *Bebnisi *Kekhijvari *Khvedureti *Akhalsopeli *Mokhisi *Dvani *Zghuderi *Bredza *Ftsa *Dirbi *Breti *Abisi *Avlev *Giganti

Historic monuments

Important monuments of architecture and culture are located in Kareli: * Mdzovreti Castle-Hall Complex *

Samtsevrisi church The Samtsevrisi church of Saint George ( ka, სამწევრისის წმინდა გიორგის ტაძარი, tr) is an early medieval Georgian Orthodox church in the village of Samtsevrisi, Kareli Municipality, in Ge ...

Kintsvisi Monastery Kintsvisi Monastery (, ) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Shida Kartli region, eastern Georgia, 10 kilometers from the town Kareli, on a forested slope of a high mountain of the Dzama valley. Its main church is an exceptional example of a ...

Samtsevrisi Castle Samtsevrisi Castle is a large medieval Georgian castle or fortress in the village of Samtsevrisi, Kareli Municipality, in Georgia's region of Shida Kartli. Its construction time and ownership have been unknown. Presumably, it belonged to noble ...

*Kozifa Monastery *Orkhevi Monastery *Ortubani Monastery *Dzadzvi Monastery *historical villages Ruisi and

. Also, the beautiful natural lake of Bateti, which is 1313 m above sea level. In the gorge of the river Khvedurula there is a so-called red stone waterfall, Trekhvi boilers, where the

Leonti Mroveli Leonti Mroveli ( ka, ლეონტი მროველი) was the 11th-century Georgian chronicler, presumably an ecclesiastic. ''Mroveli'' is not his last name, but the adjective for the diocese of Ruisi, whose bishop he probably was.Rayfie ...

stone cross was found.

External links

Districts of Georgia
Statoids.com
shidakartli.gov.ge

References