Gori

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Gori is a city in central Georgia best known as the birthplace of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Gori canonical 51
Gori Municipality 8
City of Gori 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
administrativeCenterOf Gori self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gori Municipality

Shida Kartli region
birthplaceOf Joseph Stalin
climate humid subtropical climate
country Georgia
economySector agriculture
food processing
light industry
elevation about 588 meters above sea level
foundedInCentury 7th century
governedBy Gori City Assembly
hasAttraction Gori Fortress
Stalin Museum
Uplistsikhe (nearby)
hasEducationalInstitution Gori State Teaching University
hasLandmark Gori Fortress
Stalin Museum
Stalin Museum
surface form: Stalin statue site
hasMonument monuments to World War II
hasMuseum Stalin Museum
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly ethnic Georgian
hasRailwayStation Gori railway station
hasReligiousBuilding Orthodox churches
hasSportsTeam FC Dila Gori
hasStadium Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium
hasTwinTown Kaiserslautern
Vitebsk
historicalEvent Russo-Georgian War 2008
historicalRegion Shida Kartli
surface form: Kartli
language Georgian
locatedIn Shida Kartli
central Georgia
locatedOnRiver Kura River
Mtkvari River
nearBorderWith Shida Kartli
surface form: South Ossetia
nearbySite Uplistsikhe cave city
partOf Georgia
Gori self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gori Municipality

Shida Kartli
regionCapitalOf Shida Kartli
roadConnection East–West Highway of Georgia
timezone Georgia Standard Time
transportConnection Kutaisi
Tiflis Governorate
surface form: Tbilisi
utcOffset +4
wasOccupiedBy Russian forces in 2008
writingSystem Georgian script

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