Chazhashi
Sign in to saveChazhashi ( ) is a village in the Mestia Municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia. It is located in the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in the upper Enguri River valley, at the elevation of 2,160 m above sea level. The village is part of the historical region of Svaneti and center of the Ushguli community. Its medieval fortified structures are inscribed on the registry of Georgia's Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Upper Svaneti entity.
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Chazhashi, and connects out to Svaneti, Georgia (country) and list of sovereign states.
It is catalogued under topics including Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance of Georgia, Populated places in Mestia Municipality and Svaneti.
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- Locality
- უშგული
- Region
- სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი
- Country
- საქართველო
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Chazhashi
- Settlement.native_name
- ჩაჟაში
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- geo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Village Chazhashi.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Chazhashi in 2016
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Georgia (country)
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Chazhashi
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mestia
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 28
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- ჩაჟაში
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Mestia Municipality
- Official language
- Georgian
- Population
- 28
- Elevation
- 2160
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Location
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Image
- Village Chazhashi.jpg
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- native label
- ჩაჟაში
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- Chazhashi
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Cultural heritage
- Population
- See also
- References
Chazhashi ( ) is a village in the Mestia Municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia. It is located in the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in the upper Enguri River valley, at the elevation of 2,160 m above sea level. The village is part of the historical region of Svaneti and center of the Ushguli community. Its medieval fortified structures are inscribed on the registry of Georgia's Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Upper Svaneti entity.
== Geography == Chazhashi is the main settlement of Ushguli, a conglomeration of four villages and one of the highest inhabited places in Europe. Under Georgia's current subdivision, it is part of the Mestia Municipality, located some 45 km east of the municipal center, the town of Mestia, at the confluence of the Enguri and Shavtskala rivers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chazhashi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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