Shemokmedi

Shemokmedi () is a village in the Ozurgeti Municipality, Guria, Georgia. It is located in western Georgia, on the Bzhuzhi river, at elevation of 190 m above sea level, 7 km east of the city of Ozurgeti. The village is home to the late medieval Shemokmedi Monastery.

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Place details

Locality: შემოქმედი
Region: გურია
Country: საქართველო
Population: 1,322
Timezone: Asia/Tbilisi

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Shemokmedi
Settlement.native_name: შემოქმედი
Settlement.native_name_lang: geo
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Shemokmedi Village.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of the village from Shemokmedi Monastery
Settlement.pushpin_map: Georgia#Georgia Guria
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 280
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Shemokmedi
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Guria
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 24px Ozurgeti
Settlement.population_as_of: 2014
Settlement.population_total: 1,322

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Wikidata facts

Official name: შემოქმედი
Population: 1322
Elevation: 190
Image: Shemokmedi Village.jpg

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Commons category: Shemokmedi
native label: შემოქმედი

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History
Population
People from Shemokmedi
Notes
References

== History == thumb|left|The Shemokmedi monastery in the 1830s. Archaeological reconnaissance works conducted at Shemokmedi from 1991 to 1994 yielded fragments of pottery characteristic of the Kura–Araxes culture, suggesting that the area had already been inhabited in the Early Bronze Age.