Kakheti

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Kakheti is a historic region in eastern Georgia renowned as the country’s primary wine-producing area and a center of Georgian cultural heritage.


Statements (80)
Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
historic region
administrativeCenter Telavi
borders Azerbaijan
Balakan District
Dagestan
Kvemo Kartli
Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Qakh District
Russia
Shida Kartli
Zaqatala District
capital Telavi
church Georgian Orthodox Church
climate continental
contains Alaverdi Monastery
Alazani Valley
David Gareja monastery complex
Gombori Range
Gremi Church and Fortress
Ikalto Monastery
Iori Plateau
Kvareli Lake
Nekresi Monastery
Sighnaghi historic town
Tusheti
country Georgia
economicActivity agriculture
tourism
viticulture
hasSubregion Inner Kakheti
Outer Kakheti
hasUNESCOTentativeSite David Gareja monastery complex
hasWineAppellation Akhasheni
Gurjaani
Kardenakhi
Kindzmarauli
Manavi
Mukuzani
Napareuli
Tsinandali
historicalCapital Gremi
Telavi
historicalProvinceOf Kingdom of Georgia
historicalRegionOf Georgia
knownFor culinary traditions
cultural heritage
fortresses
monasteries
qvevri wine
tourism
traditional Georgian wine-making
vineyards
wine production
language Georgian
locatedIn eastern Georgia
majorCity Akhmeta
Dedoplistsqaro
Gurjaani
Kvareli
Lagodekhi
Sagarejo
Sighnaghi
Telavi
mergedInto Kingdom of Kakheti-Hereti
mergedWith Kingdom of Hereti
partOf Georgia
primaryWineProducingRegionOf Georgia
regionalDialect Kakhetian dialect of Georgian
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
river Alazani River
Iori River
timeZone Georgia Standard Time
traditionalGrapeVariety Kisi
Mtsvane Kakhuri
Rkatsiteli
Saperavi
utcOffset +4
wasKingdom Kingdom of Kakheti
wineRegionOf Georgia


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