Kvemo Chala ( — ''the lower dell'') is a village in
Georgia
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People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
, in
Kaspi Municipality
Kaspi ( ka, კასპის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Shida Kartli. Given a ''District'' status within Transcaucasian SFSR in 1930. District center is Kaspi.
Geography
The district ...
. It is the center of Theme (Villages:
Akhalsheni,
Gamdlistskaro,
Goraka
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,
Vake,
Pantiani,
Sakorintlo).
[აღწერა 2014] The village is situated on a plain, on the middle stream of
Lekhura river. The village was the home of the
Karbelashvili brothers and their father Grigol.
The last family
castle
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of
Amilakhvari
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dukes is also found in the village. This place is also known for being the village of famous people like the Lycan skin owner Bishop and his descendant Sandro ( Hebrew: סנדרו; Russian: Сандро; Urdu: سینڈرو ).
Demography
See also
*
Shida Kartli
Shida Kartli ( ka, შიდა ქართლი, , ; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (''Mkhare'') in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of , S ...
Notes
Sources
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Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, tr, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor ...
, p. 517,
Tb., 1986
Populated places in Kaspi Municipality
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