Chkhorotsqu
Encyclopedia
Chkhorotsqu is a townlet in western Georgia
, located in the region
of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
and functioning as the administrative center of the homonymous district. Its population was 5,900 as of 2007 (including over 1,500 IDPs
from breakaway Abkhazia
).
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, located in the region
Mkhare
Mkhare is a subdivision in the country of Georgia. It is usually translated as region.The country is divided, according to the Presidential decrees from 1994 to 1996, into regions on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved...
of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti is a region in western Georgia which includes the historical Georgian provinces of Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti and has Zugdidi as its capital.-Geography:...
and functioning as the administrative center of the homonymous district. Its population was 5,900 as of 2007 (including over 1,500 IDPs
Internally displaced person
An internally displaced person is someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the current legal definition of a refugee. At the end of 2006 it was estimated there were...
from breakaway Abkhazia
Abkhazia
Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny...
).
External links
- Georgian Museums: Chkhorotsku Local Museum. Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport of Georgia
- Nature and culture of Chkhorotsku. Municipality of Chkhorotsku