Klarjeti

thumb|Historical Klarjeti in the 8th-10th centuries Klarjeti ( ) was a province of ancient and medieval Georgia, which is now part of Turkey's Artvin Province. Klarjeti, the neighboring province of Tao and several other smaller districts, constituted a larger region with shared history and culture conventionally known as Tao-Klarjeti.

Key facts

Country.native_name: კლარჯეთის საერისთავო
Country.conventional_long_name: Duchy of Klarjeti
Country.status: Duchy
Country.era: Early Middle Ages
Country.event_start: Sumbat I received the province of Klarjeti.
Country.year_start: 870
Country.year_end: 1008
Country.event_end: Disestablished
Country.p1: Bagratid Iberia
Country.flag_p1: Flag of Kingdom of Georgia.svg
Country.s1: Kingdom of Georgia
Country.flag_s1: Flag of Kingdom of Georgia.svg
Country.capital: Artanuji
Country.common_languages: Georgian
Country.religion: Eastern Orthodox (Georgian Orthodox Church)

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Early history
Duchy of Klarjeti
Rulers of Klarjeti
References

== Early history == Klarjeti, traversed by the Chorokhi (Çoruh), stretched from the Arsiani Range westwards, towards the Black Sea, and was centred in the key fortified trading town of Artanuji (now Ardanuç). It was bordered by Shavsheti and Nigali on the north, and Tao on the south. The region roughly corresponds to Cholarzene () of Classical sources and probably to Kaţarza or Quturza of the earlier Urartian records.