Tskhinvali

E115458

Tskhinvali is the capital city of the breakaway region of South Ossetia in the South Caucasus, serving as its political and administrative center.

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Tskhinvali canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
administrativeCenterOf South Ossetia
capitalOf South Ossetia
claimedBy Government of Georgia
climate humid continental climate
coordinateLatitude 42.227
coordinateLongitude 43.968
country Georgia
deFactoTerritory South Ossetia
disputedBy Georgia
South Ossetia
surface form: self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia
elevation approximately 860 meters
ethnicMinority Georgians
Russians
experiencedEvent Russo-Georgian War 2008
surface form: 2008 Russo–Georgian War
governedByDeFacto Republic of South Ossetia authorities
hasFunction administrative center of South Ossetia
economic center of South Ossetia
political center of South Ossetia
hasGovernmentBuilding Republic of South Ossetia authorities
surface form: Government of South Ossetia
hasMilitaryBase Russian military presence
hasParliamentBuilding Parliament of South Ossetia
hasUniversity South Ossetian State University
historicalRegion Samachablo
historicalStatus small trading town in Tsarist era
locatedIn Shida Kartli
locatedInRegion Caucasus
South Caucasus
locatedOnRiver Great Liakhvi River
majorEthnicGroup Ossetians
nameInGeorgian ცხინვალი
nameInOssetian Цхинвал
nameInRussian Цхинвал
nearBorderWith Russia
nearMountainRange Greater Caucasus
officialLanguageDeFacto Ossetian language
surface form: Ossetian

Russian
officialLanguageDeJure Georgian language
surface form: Georgian
partOfConflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict
Russo-Georgian War 2008
surface form: Russo–Georgian War
politicalCenterOf South Ossetia
population approximately 30000
postalCode 100001 (de facto system)
religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity
roadConnection Gori
Java (Dzau)
suffered heavy damage in 2008 war
timeZone UTC+4

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