Chkvishi Explained

Official Name:Chkvishi
Native Name:ჭყვიში
Native Name Lang:geo
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Georgia (country)
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Chkvishi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name: Georgia
Subdivision Name1:Imereti
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Vani
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:376
Timezone:Georgian Time
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:42.1253°N 42.4336°W
Elevation M:60

Chkvishi (Georgian: ჭყვიში) is a village in the Vani Municipality, Imereti Region, Georgia first mentioned in the 16th century. The Galaktion and Titsian Tabidze House Museum is located in the village.[2] [3]

Population

As of the 2014 national census, Chkvishi had a population of 376,[1] almost entirely Georgians.[4]

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population Census 2014: Number of Population by Administrative-Territorial Units and sex. National Statistics Office of Georgia. 28 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Музеи и Галереи в Вани. visitkutaisi.com. 2019-08-03. 2019-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20190121222845/http://visitkutaisi.com/ru/seeanddo/museumsandgalleries/vani. dead.
  3. Web site: Дом-музей Галактиона и Тициана Табидзе отреставрируют - Свободная Грузия. svobodnaya.info. 2019-08-03.
  4. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014
  5. Web site: საქართველოს მოსახლეობის 2002 წლის პირველი ეროვნული საყოველთაო აღწერის შედეგები, ტომი II [Results of the first national census of the population of Georgia in 2002, volume II]]. National Statistics Office of Georgia. 28 September 2016. Georgian. 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20160328200054/http://geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/georgian/census/2002/II%20tomi%20.pdf. 28 March 2016. dead.