Meydancık (original
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
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 (country), Georgia. There are 15 villages in this area, inhabited by ethnic Georgians, who speak a local Georgian dial ...
in
Şavşat
Şavşat ( ka, შავშეთი, tr) is a town and district of Artvin Province in the Black Sea region, between the cities of Artvin and Kars on the border with Georgia at the far eastern end of Turkey.
History
According to Rayfield, in 790 ...
District of
Artvin Province
Artvin Province ( tr, ; ka, , ''Artvinis p’rovincia''; Laz: ართვინიშ დობადონა ''Artviniş dobadona'') is a province in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the northeastern corner of the country, on the border w ...
. Meydancık stands for the official name given by Turkish authorities in 1925, it literally means "the small square / field". Meydancık is a municipality with a population of 2,059 in 2000
with the centre and six
hamlet
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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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