Kartsakhi
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Kartsakhi
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Village | |
 Monument to Jivani in Kartsakhi | |
  Kartsakhi  Kartsakhi | |
| Coordinates: 41°14′45″N 43°16′44″E / 41.24583°N 43.27889°E | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Mkhare | Samtskhe–Javakheti |
| district | Akhalkalaki Municipality |
| Population (2014) | 776 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Kartsakhi (Georgian: კარწახი, Armenian: Կարծախ) also spelled Kartsakh and Karzakh [1] is a village in Akhalkalaki Municipality, Samtskhe–Javakheti, Georgia. It is located on the bank of Kartsakhi Lake, the second largest lake in the country. [2]
History
[edit]The village is located on the road connecting Akhalkalaki to the border with Turkey. The Karcachi railway station is the last stop on the Georgian side of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway.[3][4]
Attractions
[edit]Notable people
[edit]- Jivani (1846–1909)
- Karapet Chobanyan (1927–1978)
References
[edit]- ^ Akhalkalak’s Karzakh village to host Jivani Day SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI INFORMATIONAL SITE
- ^ Node: Kartsakhi (457365544) Openstreetmap.org
- ^ "Marabda-Kartsakhi Railway", www.mkrailway.ge, retrieved 2017-02-08
- ^ Kolej, która omija Rosję i jej sojusznika (in Polish), retrieved 2017-10-31
- ^ Caucasus Ecoregion Newsletter (PDF), p. 5
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