Surami

E216725

Surami is a historic town in central Georgia known for its medieval fortress and role as a transport and resort hub in the Shida Kartli region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Surami canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress
settlement
town
administrativeStatus urban-type settlement
constructionPeriod Middle Ages
country Georgia
Georgia
distanceTo about 10 km west of Khashuri
about 140 km west of Tbilisi
elevation about 750 metres above sea level
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasCulturalReference film "The Legend of Suram Fortress" by Sergei Parajanov
novel "The Suram Fortress" by Daniel Chonkadze
hasEconomicActivity small-scale trade
tourism
transport services
hasFeature medieval fortress
hasLandmark 19th-century spa and resort buildings
St. George Church
Surami Fortress
hasPopulation several thousand inhabitants
hasPostalCode 5706
hasViewOf Likhi Range
historicalRegion Kartli
knownFor Surami Fortress
historic resort
transport hub
languageSpoken Georgian language
surface form: Georgian
locatedIn Shida Kartli
Surami self-linksurface differs
central Georgia
locatedNear Surami Pass
locatedOn Tbilisi–Kutaisi highway corridor
surface form: Tbilisi–Kutaisi transport corridor

northern slopes of Likhi Range
nearbyWaterBody small tributaries of the Kura River
partOf Khashuri Municipality
regionCapitalOf none
religionMajority Georgian Orthodox Church
surface form: Georgian Orthodox Christianity
timeZone Georgia Standard Time
transportRole railway junction
road junction
traversedBy east–west highway of Georgia
railway line through Surami Pass
usedAs climatic resort
mountain resort
usedFor defense of Surami Pass

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Surami locatedIn Surami self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Surami Fortress
Surami Fortress locatedIn Surami