Meydancık (original
Georgian name დიობანი, Diobani) is a village in
Imerkhevi
Imerkhevi (, ) is a valley in the north of the Şavşat district in the Artvin Province of Turkey, along the border with Georgia. There are 15 villages in this area, inhabited by ethnic Georgians, who speak a local dialect of the Georgian languag ...
in
Şavşat District
Şavşat District is a Districts of Turkey, district of Artvin Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Şavşat.[Artvin Province
Artvin Province (; Armenian language, Armenian: Արտվինի նահանգ ''Artvini nahang''; ka, , ''Artvinis p'rovintsia''; Laz language, Laz: ართვინიშ დობადონა ''Artvinish dobadona;'') is a Provinces of Turke ...]
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its population is 382 (2021). Before the
2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde
Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish.
All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
'').
Law No. 6360
''Official Gazette
A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establish ...
'', 6 December 2012 . Meydancık is the official name given by Turkish authorities in 1925, it literally means "the small square / field".
Meydancık is also a name of vicinity which includes thirteen villages:
*Maden (Badzgireti)
*Demirci (Daba)
*Dereiçi (Dasamoba)
*Erikli (Agara)
*Çukur (Chikhori)
*Sebzeli (Jvariskhevi)
*Çağlayan (Khevtsvirili)
*Çağlıpınar (Khokhlevi)
*Yeşilce (Manatba)
*Oba (Ube)
*Dutlu (Surevani)
*Yağlı (Zakieti)
*Tepebaşı (Ziosi)
References
Tao-Klarjeti
Villages in Şavşat District
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