Variani

Variani () is a village in the Gori District of Shida Kartli, about from Gori. As of 2014, it had a population of 1,469.

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Place details

Locality: ვარიანი
Region: შიდა ქართლი
Country: საქართველო
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Variani
Settlement.native_name: ვარიანი
Settlement.pushpin_map: Georgia (country)
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Georgia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Georgia
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Shida Kartli
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gori
Settlement.population_as_of: 2014
Settlement.population_total: 1,469
Settlement.timezone: Georgian Time
Settlement.utc_offset: +4
Settlement.elevation_m: 680

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Variani () is a village in the Gori District of Shida Kartli, about from Gori. As of 2014, it had a population of 1,469.

Variani is best known for being the birthplace of Iakob Gogebashvili and the location of the Iakob Gogebashvili House Museum, being a border village to the South Ossetia disputed territory, and being occupied by Russian forces in the 2008 South Ossetia war until 8 October 2008.

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