Kareli, Georgia
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Kareli
ქარელი | |
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Town | |
  Kareli Location of Kareli in Georgia  Kareli Kareli (Shida Kartli) | |
| Coordinates: 42°01′17″N 43°53′35″E / 42.02139°N 43.89306°E | |
| Country |  Georgia (country) |
| Mkhare | Shida Kartli |
| District | Kareli |
| Elevation | 620 m (2,030 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,654 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
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Kareli (Georgian: ქარელი) is a town in Shida Kartli, Georgia, located on the right bank of the Mtkvari, 94 km west of the country's capital of Tbilisi.
Overview
Kareli is first mentioned as a village in the 1715 documents. It was a property of the Tsitsishvili noble family. It acquired the status of a town under the Soviet government in 1981. Since 1939, it has been an administrative center of the homonymous district. As of the 2014 census, Kareli had a population of 6,654.[1]
Kareli has a humid subtropical climate with moderately cold winters and long warm summers. The town's environs are a home to several architectural monuments of medieval Georgia such as the churches of Zghuderi, Samtsevrisi, Ruisi, and Kintsvisi, and the fortress of Ortubani (Dzama).
See also
References
- ^ a b "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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