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Kakheti (; ) is a region of Georgia. Telavi is its administrative center. The region comprises eight administrative districts: Telavi, Gurjaani, Qvareli, Sagarejo, Dedoplistsqaro, Signagi, Lagodekhi and Akhmeta.
Kakhetians speak the ...
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Duisi ( ka, დუისი, ) is a village in
Akhmeta Municipality
Akhmeta ( ka, ახმეტის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Axmeṫis municiṗaliṫeṫi'') is the administrative – territorial unit in Eastern Georgia, in the region of Kakheti. The administrative center of Akhmeta munic ...
,
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
. It is situated in the
Pankisi Gorge, on the banks of the
Alazani
The Alazani ( ) is a river that flows through the Caucasus. It is the main tributary of the Kura in eastern Georgia, and flows for . Part of its path forms the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan, before it meets the Kura at the Mingəçevir ...
river. It is located 640 meters above sea level and 17 kilometers from the city of
Akhmeta
Akhmeta ( ) is a town in Kakheti, Georgia, and is the administrative centre of Akhmeta Municipality. It is situated on the left side of Alazani, close to the Pankisi Gorge. The town is situated at 567 m. In 1966, it received the status of '' Kala ...
. In 2014, according to census data, there were 2354 people living in the village, of whom 2206 (93.71%) were
Kists.
Duisi is home to a number of monuments and landmark buildings, including the Amphitheatre and the Old Mosque. The Old Mosque was first completed in 1901 and renovated in 2021.
Notable people
*
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili (1979–2019), Chechen soldier
References
* (''in Georgian''
მოსახლეობის 2014 წლის საწყველთაო აღწერა (''Population Census of 2014''){{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526200113/http://census.ge/ge/results/census1 , date=2019-05-26 . საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური (ნოემბერი 2014). Access date: 12 February 2018.
Bibliography
(''in Georgian'') ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია (''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia''), vol. 3, pg. 650, Tbilisi, 1978.
Populated places in Kakheti