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Mkhare A ''mkhare'' ( ka, მხარე, ''mxare'') is a type of administrative division in the country of Georgia (country), Georgia. It is usually translated into English as "region". According to presidential decrees issued in 1994 and 1996, Geo ...

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Mtskheta-Mtianeti Mtskheta-Mtianeti ( ka, მცხეთა-მთიანეთი, literally "Mtskheta-Mountain Area") is a region (Mkhare) in eastern Georgia comprising the town of Mtskheta, which serves as a regional capital, together with its district and th ...

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, subdivision_name2 = Dusheti , area_magnitude = , area_total_km2 = , area_land_km2 = , area_water_km2 = , population_as_of = 2014 , population_footnotes = , population_total = 1,148 , population_density_km2 = , timezone = Georgian Time , utc_offset = +4 , timezone_DST = , utc_offset_DST = , coordinates = , elevation_m = 1050 , website = , footnotes = Pasanauri ( ka, ფასანაური, also spelled ''Passanauri'') is a small town ('' daba'') in

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, situated in the Dusheti district,

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. Pasanauri lies about north of the nation's capital of

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

, at elevation of 1,050 m. above sea level. Located on the

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, Pasanauri is flanked by the

Aragvi River The Aragvi ( ka, არაგვი, tr ) and its basin are in Georgia on the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains. The river is long, and its basin covers an area of . The ground strata are mostly sandstone, slate, and limestone. The Zh ...

, and surrounded by the

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. Average winter temperature is 0 degrees Celsius, but often falls below 10 degrees Celsius. As of the 2014 census, the townlet had a population of 1,148. Due to its picturesque location and the proximity to nearby historical sites as well as for its mineral water, hiking routes, handcrafted items and food, Pasanauri became a popular tourist destination in the

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, but suffered decay during the years of post-Soviet crisis.

Climate

Pasanauri's climate is

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: ''Dfb'',

Trewartha climate classification The Trewartha climate classification (TCC), or the Köppen–Trewartha climate classification (KTC), is a climate classification system first published by American geographer Glenn Thomas Trewartha in 1966. It is a modified version of the Köp ...

: ''Dcbo'') with warm summers and cold winters. 14.4 days per year have a maximum temperature above , while 115.3 days have minimum temperature below freezing. From November to April, there are 73.1 days on average with snow cover, of which 45.9 days have at least of snow depth.

References

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Climate

See also

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