Pshavi
Sign in to savePshavi () is a small historic region of northern Georgia, nowadays part of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti mkhare ("region"), and lying chiefly among the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains along the Pshavis Aragvi River and the upper reaches of the Iori River in the neighbouring region of Tianeti to the south-east.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pshavi
- Settlement.native_name
- ფშავი
- Settlement.image_map
- Historical Pshavi in modern international borders of Georgia.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map highlighting the historical region of Pshavi in Georgia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Mkhare
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Shuapkho, Magaroskari
- Settlement.parts_type
- Districts
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 340
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti
- Area
- 550
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- Pshavi
- native label
- ფშავი
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Pshavi () is a small historic region of northern Georgia, nowadays part of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti mkhare ("region"), and lying chiefly among the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains along the Pshavis Aragvi River and the upper reaches of the Iori River in the neighbouring region of Tianeti to the south-east.
==Geography== thumb|The Tsikhetgora Bridge in Pshavi "proper", just east of the village of Shuapkho Pshavi borders upon Khevsureti to the north (the two regions were historically grouped together under the name of Pkhovi); the western fringe of Tusheti and the northernmost tip of the Pankisi Gorge to the east; the Iori Valley and Tianeti to the south-east; the Zhinvali Reservoir and the Georgian Military Road to the south and south-west; and south-eastern Mtiuleti and Gudamakari to the west.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pshavi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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