Historic provinces of Georgia Historic provinces of Georgia Gachiani was a province of old Georgia which included part of what is now the region of Kvemo Kartli ...more on Wikipedia about "Gachiani"
Guria is a region in Georgia (Caucasus), in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guria"
Hereti (ჰერეთი, Herethi, in Georgian) was a historic province in Georgia. It roughly corresponds to the southeastern corner of the Kakheti region, Eastern Georgia. Part of the province commonly known as Saingilo is now in Azerbaijan. Independent monarchy in 787- 959, Hereti played an important role in the medieval Georgia’s history. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hereti"
Imereti is a historic province in Western Georgia, situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. It is bordered by Racha and Lechkhumi to the north, Kartli to the east, Samtskhe-Javakheti to the south, Guria and Samegrelo to the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Imereti"
Kakheti is a province in Eastern Georgia. It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and mountain-range of Greater Caucasus to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and the south, and the Georgian province of Kartli to the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kakheti"
Kartli is the largest and most populated province of Eastern Georgia. It includes the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and two other major cities, Gori and Rustavi. It is bordered by the mountain-range of the Greater Caucasus to the north, by the province of Kakheti to the east, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the south, by Turkey and the Samtskhe-Javakheti region to the south-west and by the province of Imereti to the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kartli"
Khevsureti is a historic province in eastern Georgia, located along both the northern and southern slopes of the Great Caucasus Mountains. Comprising the small river valleys of the Ardoti, Shatili, Arkhoti and the Aragvi, the province borders with Chechnya and is included in the present day Dusheti district, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, Georgia. The province covers 405.3 square miles (1050 km²), with a winter population of approximately 3,200 people. The largest villages are Barisakho and Shatili. ...more on Wikipedia about "Khevsureti"
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Kukhetiwas a historical region in eastern Georgia, between Kakheti and Hereti. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kukheti"
Kvemo Kartli (i.e., Lower Kartli) is a historic province and current administrative region in southeastern Georgia (country). The city of Rustavi is a regional capital. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kvemo Kartli"
Lechkhumi, also spelled Lecxumi ( Georgian: ლეჩხუმი) is a historic province in northwestern Georgia which comprises the area along the middle basin of the Rioni and Tskhenistskali and also the Lajanuri river valley. Now part of the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, it corresponds roughly to the present day Tsageri district as well as parts of districts of Tsq’altubo and Ambrolauri. It is bordered by Mingrelia to the west, Svaneti to the north, Racha to the east, and Imereti to the south. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lechkhumi"
Meskheti is a mountainous area and a former province in the South-West of Georgia. The ancient Georgian tribes of Meshech (later Moskh) and Mosiniks were the indigenous population of this region ( 4th- 2nd millennia BC). A majority of the modern Georgian population (Meskhs) of Meskheti are descendants of these ancient tribes. The Mosiniks were one of the inventors of iron metallurgy. In the 2nd millennium- 4th century BC Meskheti was a part of the Georgian Kingdom of Diaokhi, in the 4th century BC- 6th century AD - part of the Kingdom of Iberia. In the 10th- 15 centuries this region was a part of the united Georgian Kingdom. In the 16th century Meskheti was occupied and annexed by the Ottoman Empire. In 1829- 1917 the region was a part of Tbilisi Province (Tiflisskaia Gubernia), in 1918- 1921 part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, and in 1921- 1990 part of the Georgian SSR. Since 1990 Meskheti ( Samtskhe-Javakheti region) has been a province of the Republic of Georgia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Meskheti"
Racha (Ratcha is a more correct spelling) ( Georgian: რაჭა, Rača) is a historic province in Georgia, in the mountainous northwestern part of the country. Comprising the present-day districts of Oni and Ambrolauri, it is included in the region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti. ...more on Wikipedia about "Racha"
Samegrelo (Mingrelia) is a historic province in the western part of the republic of Georgia, formerly also known as Odishi. Samegrelo is bordered by the rebellious province of Abkhazia to the north-west, Svaneti to the north, Imereti to the east, Guria to the south and the Black Sea to the west. Mingrelians (Mingrels, Megrelians; (Megrelebi in Georgian) are one of the local culture-groups of ethnically subdivided Georgian people, who speak both Megrelian and Georgian, but have only Georgian script. ...more on Wikipedia about "Samegrelo"
Shida Kartli is a region of Eastern Georgia. The northern part of Shida Kartli is self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia ( Samachablo) and is not under control of Georgian government forces. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shida Kartli"
Svaneti (სვანეთი. Also known as Svanetia or Svania in Russian and Western languages) is a historic province in Georgia, in the northwestern part of the country. It’s inhabited by the Svans (სვანები in Georgian), an ethnographic group of the Georgian people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Svaneti"
Tusheti (sometimes spelled as Tushetia in Russian and European resources) is a small historic geographic area in eastern Georgia. Located on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, it is bordered by the Russian republics of Chechnya and Dagestan to the north and east, respectively; and by the Georgian historic provinces Kakheti and Pshav-Khevsureti to the south and west, respectively. The population of the area is mainly ethnic Georgians called Tushs or Tushetians ( Georgian: tushebi). ...more on Wikipedia about "Tusheti"
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