Gorisa Explained

Official Name:Gorisa
Native Name:გორისა
Native Name Lang:ka
Pushpin Map:Georgia (country)
Mapsize:280px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Mkhare
Subdivision Name1:Imereti
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sachkhere
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:1087
Elevation M:820
Timezone:Georgian Time
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:42.2786°N 43.4372°W

Gorisa (Georgian: გორისა) is a village in the Sachkhere Municipality of Imereti in western Georgia. It is the birthplace of Giorgi Tsereteli, a Georgian writer of the 19th century, and his son, Irakli Tsereteli, a leading Georgian Menshevik.

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