Kekhvi ( ka, კეხვი ''Kekhvi'', ''Chekh'', ''Kekhvi'') is a village in

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abandoned after the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. The village is located on the left bank of the Greater Liakhvi River. The

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passes through the village. The road from Tskhinvali to Kekhvi is 7.38 km. Since the 2008 South Ossetia war, the village is controlled by the breakaway republic and included in the Tskhinvali district by its administrative divisions. In the south of the

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is situated the village of

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. To the east of the

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is the village Kemerti. North of the village is a small

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dam.

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Populated places in Gori Municipality Populated places in Tskhinvali District {{Georgia-stub

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