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Vaqiri
Sign in to savethumb|View of Vaqiri and the Alazani Valley Vaqiri (or Vakiri) is a village in Georgia, in the region of Kakheti, Signagi Municipality. The village lies on the northeastern foothills of the Gombori Range, approximately 9 km from Sighnaghi at an elevation of 420 m. At the 2014 census its population was 1,950, almost entirely ethnic Georgian.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Vaqiri is referenced by 1 other article, and connects out to Georgia (country), list of sovereign states and time zone.
Vinony files it under Geography articles needing translation from Spanish Wikipedia, Populated places in Kakheti and Tiflis Governorate.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- ვაქირი
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Signakh Uyezd
- Official language
- Georgian
- Population
- 1950
- Elevation
- 420
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
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- native label
- ვაქირი
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thumb|View of Vaqiri and the Alazani Valley Vaqiri (or Vakiri) is a village in Georgia, in the region of Kakheti, Signagi Municipality. The village lies on the northeastern foothills of the Gombori Range, approximately 9 km from Sighnaghi at an elevation of 420 m. At the 2014 census its population was 1,950, almost entirely ethnic Georgian.
==History== In 1772, the Baltic German naturalist Johann Anton Güldenstädt, conducting fieldwork in the eastern Caucasus for the Russian Academy of Sciences, carried out research in the village.
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