Shida Kartli

Coordinates: 42°11′N 44°00′E / 42.183°N 44.000°E / 42.183; 44.000
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Inner Kartli
შიდა ქართლი
Russian occupied part of Shida Kartli

Shida Kartli (Georgian: შიდა ქართლი, šida kartli, [ʃida kʰaɾtʰli]; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (Mkhare) in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of 5,729 square kilometres (2,212 sq mi), Shida Kartli is the 8th largest Georgian region by land area. With 284,081 inhabitants, it is Georgia's seventh-most-populous region. Shida Kartli's capital and largest city, Gori, is the 5th largest city in Georgia.[3]

The region is bordered by the

Khashuri
.

The northern part of the region, namely

Russo-Georgian war
.

Etymology

Further information: Kartli § Etymology

The name Shida Kartli in English translates as Inner Kartli. The term Kartli itself derives from

Proto-Kartvelian root *kart- ("Georgian"), which is considered an ancient inner-Kartvelian formation by modern linguists.[5][6]

Geography

Relief map of Shida Kartli

Shida Kartli is located in a central part of the lowland between

Samtskhe-Javakheti, to the west with Imereti, and to the northwest with Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti.[7]

The region's northern border is formed by the

Ksani River, the southern border goes along the Trialeti Range, and the western border is formed by the Likhi and Racha ranges
.

Relief

Mount Arjevani (2,757.7 metres (9,048 ft)) view from the village of Bareti, Kvemo Kartli

Overall picture of Shida Kartli's relief is formed by extensive Shida Kartli plain and mountainous edges. The main orographic entities of the region are: small parts of the Greater Caucasus mountains and Racha range, Germukhi, Kharuli, Kvernaki, Trialeti, Likhi ranges and Shida Kartli plain.[8]

The average height of the Shida Kartli terrain is 1,307 meter. The lowest point is at 473 meter in

Ksani rivers. The highest point is the mountain Laghztsiti (3,877.4 m) which is located in occupied part of Shida Kartli. On the Georgian controlled part of the region the highest point is the mountain Arjevani (2,757.7 m).[9]

Shida Kartli relief profile on Gori vertical

Climate

Shida Kartli has various

Greater Caucasus mountains
(1,100–1,900 m) and to the south on northern slopes of the Trialeti range (1,400–1,900 m) climate is moderate humid with cold winters and long summers and from 1,900 m to 2,600 m with cold winters and short summers. On southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus mountains from 2,600 m to 3,400 m is represented moderate humid climate of the highlands with lack of true Summer, and above 3,400 m – moderate humid climate of the highlands with permanent snow and glaciers. To the west of the region, on Likhi range above 900 m is distributed transient highlands climate from marine humid to continental humid. In the most north-western part of the region, on the western slopes of Likhi range and Racha range, a humid climate is represented with cold winters and short summers, and above 2,600 m there is a humid highland climate with a lack of true summer.[10]

Temperature

Average temperature in Shida Kartli by month

An

average annual temperature of the region is 6.5 °C, maximum annual temperature of 12.2 °C is to the east of the Kaspi Municipality and minimum annual temperature of −5.0 °C is in the Java Municipality, on the Caucasus Mountains. The highest average annual temperature is on the Shida Kartli plain which rises from west to east from 9 °C to 12.2 °C.[11]
The hottest month of the region is August (18.5 °C) and its maximum average monthly temperature reaches 24.4 °C, while minimum – drops to 4.5 °C. The coldest month is January (-2,6 °C) and its minimum average monthly temperature drops to −12.6 °C, while maximum reaches – 1.6 °C.[12]

Precipitation

On the territory of Shida Kartli an average annual precipitation equals to 824 mm. Maximum of a precipitation (1,045 mm) falls to the very north of the region, on the Caucasus Mountains, while the minimum (536 mm) falls to the east of Kaspi Municipality, along Mtkvari valley. By abundance of precipitation, the northern part of the region stand out: its amount varies from 800 mm up to 1,045 mm. On the Shida Kartli plain, average annual precipitation varies from 563 mm up to 800 mm, and on the Trialeti Range from 700 mm up to 900 mm.[11]

By month, maximum average annual precipitation falls in May (109 mm) and June (105 mm), while the minimum falls in February (57 mm).[12]

Winds

In Shida Kartli the strongest

winds
blow in December and January, their average speed reaching 2.49 m/s and 2.35 m/s respectively. The weakest winds are in October (1.83 m/s). In the region winds usually blow from the east or the west side.

By territorial distribution winds are especially strong on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, while the weakest are on the Shida Kartli plain.[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.

References

  1. ^ "City Gori". shidakartli.gov.ge. Government of Georgia. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Governor". shidakartli.gov.ge. Government of Georgia. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics of Shida Kartli Region". www.geostat.ge. The National Statistics Office of Georgia. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  5. ISBN 9783110156584
    . Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  6. ISBN 9789004161092
    . Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  7. ^ "შიდა ქართლის რეგიონის განვითარების სტრატეგია. 2014–2021" (PDF). gov.ge. Government of Georgia. Retrieved 8 March 2018. (in Georgian)
  8. ^ Sokhadze, Marine (2008). საქართელოს ატლასი [Atlas of Georgia] (in Georgian). Tbilisi: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing.
  9. ^ "ASTER Global Digital Elevation Map". asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  10. ^ Kordzakhia, Mitropane (1961). საქართველოს ჰავა [Climate of Georgia] (in Georgian). Tbilisi: Georgian SSR Science Academy.
  11. ^
    doi:10.1002/joc.1276
    .
  12. ^
    S2CID 134866404
    .

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