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Chazhashi ( ) is a village in the Mestia Municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia. It is located in the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in the upper Enguri River valley, at the elevation of 2,160 m above sea level. The village is part of the historical region of Svaneti and center of the Ushguli community. Its medieval fortified structures are inscribed on the registry of Georgia's Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Upper Svaneti entity.

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Place details

Locality
უშგული
Region
სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი
Country
საქართველო
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Chazhashi
Settlement.native_name
ჩაჟაში
Settlement.native_name_lang
geo
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Village Chazhashi.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Chazhashi in 2016
Settlement.pushpin_map
Georgia (country)
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Chazhashi
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Mestia
Settlement.population_as_of
2014
Settlement.population_total
28
Settlement.utc_offset
+4

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Cultural heritage
  • Population
  • See also
  • References

Chazhashi ( ) is a village in the Mestia Municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia. It is located in the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in the upper Enguri River valley, at the elevation of 2,160 m above sea level. The village is part of the historical region of Svaneti and center of the Ushguli community. Its medieval fortified structures are inscribed on the registry of Georgia's Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Upper Svaneti entity.

== Geography == Chazhashi is the main settlement of Ushguli, a conglomeration of four villages and one of the highest inhabited places in Europe. Under Georgia's current subdivision, it is part of the Mestia Municipality, located some 45 km east of the municipal center, the town of Mestia, at the confluence of the Enguri and Shavtskala rivers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chazhashi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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