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Şavşat
Sign in to savethumb|Historical Shavsheti region in the 8th-10th centuries Şavşat () is a town in 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. It is the seat of Şavşat District. Its population is 6,048 (2021).
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Şavşat
- Turkey place.province
- Artvin
- Turkey place.district
- Şavşat
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Durmuş Aydin
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 1174
- Turkey place.population_total
- 6048
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 08700
- Turkey place.blank1_name
- Climate
- Turkey place.blank1_info
- Dfb
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thumb|Historical Shavsheti region in the 8th-10th centuries Şavşat () is a town in 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. It is the seat of Şavşat District. Its population is 6,048 (2021).
== History == According to Rayfield, in 790 BC, King Menua of Urartu invaded Shesheti in Kingdom of Diauehi, which is the Kartvelian province of Shavsheti.