Shida Kartli

Also known as Inner Kartli, Upper Kartli

region in Georgia

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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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Official name: შიდა ქართლის მხარე
Population: 254100
Area: 4807
Official website: shidakartli.gov.ge
Image: Kvemo-Chala.jpg

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Commons category: Shida Kartli
native label: შიდა ქართლის მხარე
inception: 1995-00-00

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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.