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
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
Notable people
- Jivani (1846–1909)
- Karapet Chobanyan (1927–1978)
References
- ↑ 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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