Khetagurovo
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Khetagurovo (Tsunari until 1940) (, khetagurovi; ) is a 150-house village in South Ossetia, de facto independent partially recognized republic in the South Caucasus, formerly the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. The village has been controlled by the South Ossetian forces since the armed clashes with the Georgian troops in 1991/1992. Until 1991 village was part of Tskhinvali district, Gori municipality. Sakrebulo center (villages: Bagata, Galuanta, Tibilaani, Kroza, Kusireti, Tbeti, Kvasatali, Grubela, Khodi).
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- Locality
- Цъунар
- Region
- Shida Kartli
- Country
- Хуссар Ирыстон - Южная Осетия
- Population
- 850
- Timezone
- Asia/Tbilisi
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Khetagurovo
- Settlement.native_name
- ხეთაგუროვი
- Settlement.other_name
- КъостайыхъæуЦунар
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.etymology
- named after Ossetian poet Kosta Khetagurov
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Ossetia/Georgia
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tskhinvali district
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Ossetia#Shida Kartli#Georgia
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1.025
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 920
- Settlement.population_as_of
- August, 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 750
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- Moscow time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +3
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- Moscow summer time
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- Geography
- 2008 South Ossetia War
- Notes
- External links
Khetagurovo (Tsunari until 1940) (, khetagurovi; ) is a 150-house village in South Ossetia, de facto independent partially recognized republic in the South Caucasus, formerly the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. The village has been controlled by the South Ossetian forces since the armed clashes with the Georgian troops in 1991/1992. Until 1991 village was part of Tskhinvali district, Gori municipality. Sakrebulo center (villages: Bagata, Galuanta, Tibilaani, Kroza, Kusireti, Tbeti, Kvasatali, Grubela, Khodi).
== Geography == Village is located on the plain of Shida Kartli, on the bank of the river Tiliani (eastern Prone basin) and Kekhvi canal. 900 meters above sea level, 7 kilometers from Tskhinvali. The historic village of Tsunari, presently Khetagurovo, is one of the historical villages of Shida Kartli. Here stands the Church of the Virgin of Tsunari.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khetagurovo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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