Official Name: | Igoeti |
Native Name: | იგოეთი |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Native Name Lang: | ge |
Pushpin Map: | Georgia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Georgia |
Coordinates: | 41.9873°N 44.4074°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Georgia |
Subdivision Name1: | Shida Kartli |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kaspi |
Population Total: | 559 |
Igoeti or Igoet'i (In Georgian: იგოეთი) is a village in Georgia in the region of Shida Kartli. It housed 559 people in 2014[1] and has one river running through it.
Igoeti was founded in the twelfth (XII) century. Igoeti is near the Mtkvari River (sometimes called the Kura) which has sustained the people near Igoeti and beyond for over 7,000 years.[2] Running through Igoeti also is the Lekhura river. Several species in the Paeonia genus have been recorded in Igoeti.[3] Then, during the Russo-Georgian war, Russian troops stopped in Igoeti on 15 August, the closest they had gotten to Tbilisi, before a ceasefire agreement was signed.[4]
Igoeti's population as of 2014 was 559. From 2002 to 2014 there was a -1.6% population decline. 51.2% of Igoeti's population is female and 48.8% of Igoeti's population is male.
97.8% of Igoeti, or 542 people, are Georgians. 3 people, or 0.5% of the population in Igoeti are Armenians. The remaining 9 people or 1.6% of Igoeti's population have another ethnicity.
Georgian is spoken in Igoeti. Georgian is the official language in Georgia, where Igoeti is located.[5] The Georgian Lari is used in Igoeti.[6]
Igoeti's elevation is 651m (2,136feet).[7]
Monument to the Defenders of the Fortress | |
Samtavisi Cathedral | |
Shio-Mgvime Monastery | |
Stalin Museum | |
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin | |
Grakliani Hill |
Igoeti is located in Shida Kartli,[11] which is situated in Eastern Georgia and is also in the South Caucasus region. It is located in Eurasia. Igoeti is settled on the Eurasian plate.[12] It is near the E60 in Georgia and Europe and running through Igoeti is the Igoeti-Kaspi-Akhalkalaki Road. Igoeti is near the city of Kaspi (კასპი) and is around 9km (06miles) away.[13] It is around 53km (33miles) away from Georgia's capital and largest city, Tbilisi (თბილისი).[14] Igoeti is nearest to the Black Sea. Igoeti's Postal Code is 2609 and its telephone code is +995. It is on Georgia Standard Time.[15]
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