Mestia

E111421

settlement town

Mestia is a highland town in northwestern Georgia, renowned as a cultural and tourist hub of the Svaneti region in the Caucasus Mountains.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mestia canonical	13
Mestia Municipality	8
Mestia Municipal Government	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	Mestia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mestia Municipality
airportServes	domestic flights from Tbilisi and Kutaisi (seasonal/scheduled) ⓘ
climate	humid continental to highland climate ⓘ
country	Georgia ⓘ
distanceFrom	about 128 km from Zugdidi by road ⓘ about 450 km from Tbilisi by road ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1500 metres above sea level ⓘ
feature	clustered stone houses with towers ⓘ narrow valley setting surrounded by high peaks ⓘ
governingBody	Mestia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mestia Municipal Government
hasAccommodationType	guesthouses ⓘ small hotels ⓘ
hasAirport	Queen Tamar Airport ⓘ
hasMuseum	Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography ⓘ
hasReligiousSite	medieval churches with frescoes ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of the Upper Svaneti UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape vicinity ⓘ
historicalRegion	Svaneti ⓘ surface form: Upper Svaneti
isRegionalCenterOf	Svaneti ⓘ
knownFor	Svan towers ⓘ cultural heritage of Svaneti ⓘ medieval stone defensive towers ⓘ mountain tourism ⓘ skiing and winter sports ⓘ traditional Svan architecture ⓘ trekking and hiking routes ⓘ
language	Georgian language ⓘ surface form: Georgian
localLanguage	Svan people ⓘ surface form: Svan
locatedIn	Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Caucasus Mountains Svaneti ⓘ northwestern Georgia ⓘ
nationalSignificance	important center of Svan culture ⓘ
nearbyAttraction	Hatsvali ski resort ⓘ Tetnuldi ski resort ⓘ Ushguli ⓘ
partOf	Mestia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mestia Municipality
population	approximately 2000–3000 inhabitants ⓘ
region	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti ⓘ
religion	predominantly Georgian Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
roadConnection	connected by road to Zugdidi ⓘ
timeZone	Georgia Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType	adventure tourism ⓘ cultural tourism ⓘ eco-tourism ⓘ
transportMode	domestic air travel ⓘ road ⓘ
utcOffset	+4 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Svaneti → administrativeCenter → Mestia ⓘ

Svan culture → notableSite → Mestia ⓘ

village of Ushguli → locatedIn → Mestia ⓘ

subject surface form: Ushguli