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Akhkerpi
Akhkerpi ( ka, ახკერპი) is a village in Georgia (country), Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli region, located in the extreme southwestern part of Marneuli Municipality at the Armenia–Georgia border, border with Armenia. The village is about southwest of the municipal center Marneuli and south of capital Tbilisi. Achkerpi is the center of the eponymous administrative community (თემი, ''temi'') that includes the nearby villages of Chanakhchi and Verkhviani. Achkerpi has a vehicular border crossing with Armenia, which is the least used border checkpoint in Georgia with 133 incoming foreign travellers in 2019. In the border area with Armenia a few religious-cultural heritage sites are claimed by both countries, which has led to friction between the Georgian and Armenian churches. Demography According to the last census of 2014, the village of Achkerpi had 610 residents. Two of the three villages that make up the administrative Achkerpi community are mono-ethnic Armen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia–Georgia Border
The Armenia–Georgia border (, ka, სომხეთ-საქართველოს საზღვარი, ') is the international boundary between Armenia and Georgia (country), Georgia. It is in length and runs from the tripoint with Turkey in the west to the tripoint with Azerbaijan in the east. Description The border starts in the west at the tripoint with Turkey and proceeds overland to the tripoint with Azerbaijan via a series of irregular lines and a small section in the east along the Debed river. The western, more mountainous section of the boundary contains two lakes situated quite close to the frontier – Madatapa Lake, Madatapa (in Georgia) and Lake Arpi, Arpi (in Armenia). History During the 19th the Caucasus region was contested between the declining Ottoman Empire, Qajar Iran, Persia and Russia, which was expanding southwards. Russia formally annexed the eastern Georgian Kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti in 1801, followed by the western Georgian Kingdom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadakhlo
Sadakhlo ( Georgian: სადახლო, ) is a village in Georgia located in the southern part of country in the administrative territory of Marneuli Municipality (Kvemo Kartli Region) at the border with Armenia. The village is about south of the municipal center Marneuli and south of the capital Tbilisi. It is situated along the left bank of the Debeda river. Sadakhlo is the largest village in Georgia, and is the center of the eponymous administrative community (თემი, temi) that includes 4 other nearby villages: Burma, Tazakendi, Molaoghli, and Khuldara. The Sadakhlo market played a remarkable role in the interaction between Karapapakhs and Armenians, in light of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Sadakhlo is almost entirely populated with Karapapakhs, and is an important border town with Armenia. Since Georgia took a neutral stance in the conflict, the village became a neutral territory where both peoples could freely and safely interact with each other. Six kilomet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marneuli Municipality
Marneuli ( ka, მარნეულის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ) is a municipality in Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli. Its administrative center and main town is Marneuli. Location Marneuli Municipality is situated in south-east part of country near to border with Azerbaijan and Armenia. The size of the municipality is 935 km2. Most part of its territory is located in Marneuli lowland (between 350 and 600 meters above sea level). The highest point is Garadagh mountain (1416 m.). Geography and Climate Marneuli municipality is located in the eastern part of Kvemo Kartli. Its administrative center is the city of Marneuli. Marneuli borders Bolnisi Municipality to the west, Tetritskaro Municipality to the north, Gardabani Municipality to the northeast, Azerbaijan and Armenia to the south. The central part of the municipality is surrounded by the accumulated plains of Marneuli. The Iaghluji highland forms the geographic northern boundary o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roads In Armenia
Roads in Armenia serve as the main transport network in Armenia. With an underdeveloped railway network, principally due to its difficult terrain, the road system is of vital importance for the development of the country. Its role is important in both national and international traffic. The total length of the Armenian road network is , 96.7% of which is asphalted. For every of national territory, there are of roads. Armenia is a member of the International Road Transport Union and the TIR Convention. Highways of national importance The first roads as we conceive them in a modern perception, appeared in Armenia in the 19th century. The main roads in the country are identified using the Armenian letter Մ ("M"): * Մ1 Yerevan - Ashtarak - Gyumri - Bavra (). Length: * Մ2 Yerevan - Ararat, Armenia, Ararat - Yeraskh () - Kapan - Meghri () - Kilit Border (. Length: * Մ3 Margara () - Ashtarak - Vanadzor - Dzoramut (). Length: * Մ4 Yerevan - Hrazdan - Sevan, Armenia, Sevan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Roads In Georgia (country)
The trunk roads in Georgia are a network of internationally oriented highways, which connect the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, home to roughly a third of the national population, with neighbouring countries and the domestic regions. This is the backbone for a network of domestic trunk roads connecting vital regions with each other and the capital. The total length of the road network in Georgia is in 2021. The roads of so-called "international importance" and "national importance" are managed by the Roads Department (Georoad) of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia. Roads of international importance The "roads of international importance" are the highest category of roads in Georgia. They are denoted by the prefix ს (Georgian language, Georgian for S), which stands for "საერთაშორისო მნიშვნელობის გზა" (Saertashoriso mnishvnelobis gza, road of international importance). Direction and destination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khuchap Monastery
Khuchap Monastery () or Khujabi Monastery ( ka, ხუჯაბი, tr) is a monastery dedicated to Our Lady of Iviron. It is situated in Privolnoye, a village in the Lori Province of Armenia, near the border with Georgia. Despite its geographic circumstances, Georgian authorities maintain that the monastery is situated in the Marneuli Municipality near the village of Akhkerpi. Apart from the main church, Khuchap Monastery also consists of a gavit A ''gavit'' (; gawit’) or ''zhamatun'' (Armenian: ) is a congressional room or mausoleum added to the entrance of a church, and therefore often contiguous to its west side, in a Medieval Armenian monastery. It served as narthex (entrance to the ... and several ruined buildings. References Christian monasteries established in the 12th century Christian monasteries established in the 13th century Georgian Orthodox monasteries Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Armenia {{Georgia-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepanavan
Stepanavan () is a town and municipal community in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is located north of the capital Yerevan and north of the provincial centre Vanadzor, halfway between Yerevan and Tbilisi. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 13,086. Currently, the town has an approximate population of 10,800 as per the 2016 official estimate. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town is 11,982. Due to its location on the shores of Dzoraget River among the forest of Lori plateau and Bazum mountains, Stepanavan is considered a resort town in northern Armenia. Etymology Stepanavan was founded in 1810 as ''Jalaloghli'', literally meaning ''son of Jalal'' in Turkic languages. The name is derived from the Armenian noble family of House of Hasan-Jalalyan, Hasan-Jalalyan. A khachkar-memorial in the town testifies that the settlement was founded in 1810 by prince ''Davit Hasan-Jalalyan''. In 1923, Jalaloghli was renamed ''Stepanavan'', meaning ''town of Stepan' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privolnoye, Armenia
Privolnoye (), is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. Village is situated by the border with Georgia, 17 km on south-east from the center of region – Tashir. Privolnoye was founded in 1850. First residents were Russians who moved from Czarist Russia and inhabited different parts of the village. It is located 1585 m above the sea level. Winters are severely cold and summers cool. In dry years drought are very frequent. 4621.8 hectares of an overall land are agricultural lands, of which 1071.6 ha of arable land Arable land (from the , "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.''Oxford English Dictionary'', "arable, ''adj''. and ''n.''" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013. Alternatively, for the purposes of a ..., 1480.11 hectares are hayfields and 1945.7 hectares are pastures. The residents are mostly engaged in animal husbandry and growing grains, potato, melons, pumpkin, cabbage and other vegetables. The village has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by the Red Army) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Coterminous with the present-day republic of Georgia, it was based on the traditional territory of Georgia, which had existed as a series of independent states in the Caucasus prior to the first occupation of annexation in the course of the 19th century. The Georgian SSR was formed in 1921 and subsequently incorporated in the Soviet Union in 1922. Until 1936 it was a part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, which existed as a union republic within the USSR. From November 18, 1989, the Georgian SSR declared its sovereignty over Soviet laws. The republic was renamed the Republic of Georgia on November 14, 1990, and subsequently became independent before the dissolution of the Soviet Union on April 9, 1991, whereupon each f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgians
Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and Peoples of the Caucasus, Caucasian ethnic group native to present-day Georgia (country), Georgia and surrounding areas historically associated with the Georgian kingdoms. Significant Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Georgians in Russia, Russia, Georgians in Turkey, Turkey, Georgians in Greece, Greece, Iranian Georgians, Iran, Georgians in Ukraine, Ukraine, the Georgian Americans, United States, and the European Union. Georgians arose from Colchis, Colchian and Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity), Iberian civilizations of classical antiquity; Colchis was interconnected with the Ancient Greece, Hellenic world, whereas Iberia was influenced by the Achaemenid Empire until Alexander the Great conquered it. In the early 4th century, the Georgians became one of the first to Christianization of Iberia, embrace Christianity. Currently, the majority of Georgians are Eastern Orthodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
