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Shida Kartli

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Also known as Inner Kartli, Upper Kartli

region in Georgia

AI overview

Shida Kartli is a region located in Georgia, a country in the South Caucasus. The region is geographically and historically significant within Georgia, though specific details about its current administrative status or particular importance would require additional context.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Mkhare
Official name
შიდა ქართლის მხარე
Capital
Gori
Official language
Georgian
Population
254100
Area
4807
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Shares border with
Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Official website
shidakartli.gov.ge
Image
Kvemo-Chala.jpg
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Commons category
Shida Kartli
topic's main category
Category:Shida Kartli
office held by head of government
governor
native label
შიდა ქართლის მხარე
category of associated people
Category:People from Shida Kartli
category for people born here
Q8079629
category for people who died here
Q32376076
inception
1995-00-00
different from
Zemo Kartli
language used
Ossetian
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Encyclopedic overview

Shida Kartli (Georgian: შიდა ქართლი, IPA: [ʃida kʰaɾtʰli]; lit. 'Inner Kartli') is a landlocked administrative region (mkhare) in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of 5,729 square kilometres (2,212 sq mi), Shida Kartli is the 8th largest Georgian region by land area. With 284,081 inhabitants, it is Georgia's seventh-most-populous region. Shida Kartli's capital and largest city, Gori, is the 5th largest city in Georgia.

The region is bordered by Russia to the north, Georgian regions of Mtskheta-Mtianeti to the east, Kvemo Kartli to the south, Samtskhe-Javakheti to the southwest, Imereti to the west, and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti to the northwest. It consists of the following municipalities: Gori, Kaspi, Kareli, Java, Khashuri.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shida Kartli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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