Khevsureti
Sign in to saveKhevsureti () is a historical and ethnographic region in eastern Georgia. Khevsurs are the branch of Kartvelian (Georgian) people located along both the northern (Pirikita khevsureti) and southern (Piraketa khevsureti) slopes of the Great Caucasus Mountains. By the conventional definition of the Europe-Asia boundary as following the watershed of the Greater Caucasus, Khevsureti is geographically a European part of Georgia.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Khevsureti
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historical region
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Juta - Mountain Chaukhebi Rd, Juta, Georgia - panoramio.jpg
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- Historical Khevsureti in modern international borders of Georgia.svg
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- Map highlighting the historical region of Khevsureti in Georgia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Mkhare
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dusheti
- Settlement.seat
- Shatili, Barisakho
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- Largest settlements
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1,036
- Settlement.population_total
- 3200
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- Population
- 3200
- Area
- 1036
- Image
- Juta - Mountain Chaukhebi Rd, Juta, Georgia - panoramio.jpg
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Khevsureti () is a historical and ethnographic region in eastern Georgia. Khevsurs are the branch of Kartvelian (Georgian) people located along both the northern (Pirikita khevsureti) and southern (Piraketa khevsureti) slopes of the Great Caucasus Mountains. By the conventional definition of the Europe-Asia boundary as following the watershed of the Greater Caucasus, Khevsureti is geographically a European part of Georgia.
==Geography== Comprising the small river valleys of the Migmakhevi, Shatili, Arkhoti and the Aragvi, the province borders Ingushetia and Chechnya and is included in the present-day Dusheti Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region. Khevsureti, with an area of approximately 405.3 square miles (1050 km²), is traversed by the main crest of the Greater Caucasus Range, dividing the province in two unequal parts. Pirikita Khevsureti ("thither") is a larger one, with the area of , while Piraketa Khevsureti ("hither") occupies 428 km². The largest villages are Barisakho and Shatili.
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