city of Gori

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The city of Gori is a historic urban center in eastern Georgia, known as the birthplace of Joseph Stalin and for its strategic location at the confluence of major transit routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality center
atConfluenceOf Mtkvari River
surface form: Mtkvari River and Liakhvi River
birthplaceOf Joseph Stalin
surface form: Ioseb Jughashvili

Joseph Stalin
climate humid subtropical climate
controlledBy Government of Georgia
country Georgia
distanceFrom Tbilisi
dominantReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
elevation approximately 588 meters above sea level
governedBy Gori City Assembly
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
food processing
light industry
hasEducationalInstitution Gori State Teaching University
hasFortress Gori Fortress
hasHistoricRole regional military stronghold
trade center in Kartli
hasLandmark Gori Fortress
Stalin Museum
Stalin Museum
surface form: Stalin statue site
hasMuseum Stalin Museum
hasPopulation over 40,000 inhabitants
hasPostalCodePrefix 14xx (Gori area)
hasRailConnectionTo Tbilisi
hasReligiousBuilding Orthodox churches
hasRoadConnectionTo Tbilisi
hasTransportFunction highway junction
railway junction
historicalRegion Kartli
isAdministrativeCenterOf Gori
surface form: Gori Municipality
isRegionalCenterOf Shida Kartli
surface form: Shida Kartli region
languageOfficial Georgian
locatedIn Shida Kartli
Eastern Georgia
surface form: eastern Georgia
locatedOnRiver Liakhvi River
Mtkvari River
locatedWestOf Tbilisi
nearConflictZone South Ossetia
partOf South Caucasus
strategicImportance major transit routes junction
military significance
timeZone Georgia Standard Time
utcOffset +4
wasBombedDuring Russo-Georgian War 2008
surface form: Russo-Georgian War of 2008
wasOccupiedDuring Russo-Georgian War 2008
surface form: Russo-Georgian War of 2008
writingSystemUsed Georgian script

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Gori Fortress overlooks city of Gori
Stalin Museum locatedNear city of Gori
this entity surface form: Stalin’s childhood neighborhood in Gori
Dila Gori basedIn city of Gori
this entity surface form: Gori, Georgia