Mkhare
Mkhare (Georgian: მხარე) is a kind of country subdivision in the country of Georgia. It is usually translated as region.
The country is divided, according to the Presidential decrees from 1994 to 1996, into regions on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved. The regional administration is headed by State Commissioner (სახელმწიფო რწმუნებული, saxelmc'ipo rcmunebuli, informally -“governor”), an official appointed by the President of Georgia.
Regions are further subdivided into raioni’s (district).
There are 9 mkhare’s in Georgia (regional capitals in parentheses)
- Guria (Ozurgeti)
- Imereti (Kutaisi)
- Kakheti (Telavi)
- Kvemo Kartli (Rustavi)
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Mtskheta)
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (Ambrolauri)
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (Zugdidi)
- Samtskhe-Javakheti (Akhaltsikhe)
- Shida Kartli (Gori)