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data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%83%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A" title="راتشا-ليخخومي وكفيمو سفانيتي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="راتشا-ليخخومي وكفيمو سفانيتي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%A7a-Le%C3%A7xumi_v%C9%99_A%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1_Svaneti" title="Raça-Leçxumi və Aşağı Svaneti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Raça-Leçxumi və Aşağı Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%96_%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%96" title="Рача-Лечхумі і Квема Сванеці – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Рача-Лечхумі і Квема Сванеці" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%96_%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%B2%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%96" title="Рача-Лечхумі і Квэма Сванэці – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Рача-Лечхумі і Квэма Сванэці" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Рача-Лечхуми и Долна Сванетия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Рача-Лечхуми и Долна Сванетия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcha-Letchc%27houmi_ha_Khvemo_Svanethi" title="Ratcha-Letchc'houmi ha Khvemo Svanethi – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Ratcha-Letchc'houmi ha Khvemo Svanethi" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratxa-Letxkhumi_i_Baixa_Svan%C3%A8tia" title="Ratxa-Letxkhumi i Baixa Svanètia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ratxa-Letxkhumi i Baixa Svanètia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C4%8Da-Le%C4%8Dchumi_a_Doln%C3%AD_Svanetie" title="Rača-Lečchumi a Dolní Svanetie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rača-Lečchumi a Dolní Svanetie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratscha-Letschchumi_und_Niederswanetien" title="Ratscha-Letschchumi und Niederswanetien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ratscha-Letschchumi und Niederswanetien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat%C5%A1a-Let%C5%A1humi_ja_Khvemo_Svanethi_piirkond" title="Ratša-Letšhumi ja Khvemo Svanethi piirkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ratša-Letšhumi ja Khvemo Svanethi piirkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1-%CE%9B%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%83%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B9_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CE%B2%CE%AD%CE%BC%CE%BF_%CE%A3%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B9" title="Ράτσα-Λετσχούμι και Κβέμο Σβανέτι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ράτσα-Λετσχούμι και Κβέμο Σβανέτι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_de_Racha-Lechjumi_y_Baja_Esvanetia" title="Región de Racha-Lechjumi y Baja Esvanetia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región de Racha-Lechjumi y Baja Esvanetia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C4%89a-Le%C4%89%C4%A5umi_kaj_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Raĉa-Leĉĥumi kaj Kvemo Svaneti – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Raĉa-Leĉĥumi kaj Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratxa-Letxkhumi_eta_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Ratxa-Letxkhumi eta Kvemo Svaneti – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ratxa-Letxkhumi eta Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%A7-%D9%84%DA%86%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="راچا-لچخومی و کومو سوانتی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="راچا-لچخومی و کومو سوانتی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcha-Letchkhoumie_et_Basse_Svan%C3%A9tie" title="Ratcha-Letchkhoumie et Basse Svanétie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ratcha-Letchkhoumie et Basse Svanétie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EC%B0%A8%EB%A0%88%EC%B9%98%ED%9B%84%EB%AF%B8%ED%81%AC%EB%B2%A0%EB%AA%A8%EC%8A%A4%EB%B0%94%EB%84%A4%ED%8B%B0%EC%A3%BC" title="라차레치후미크베모스바네티주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라차레치후미크베모스바네티주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A1%D5%B3%D5%A1-%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%B9%D5%AD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4_%D6%87_%D5%94%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%B8_%D5%8D%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A9" title="Ռաճա-Լեչխում և Քվեմո Սվանեթ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռաճա-Լեչխում և Քվեմո Սվանեթ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_dan_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi dan Kvemo Svaneti – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Racha-Lechkhumi dan Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8A-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC_%C3%A6%D0%BC%C3%A6_%D0%94%C3%A6%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Рацъ-Лечхум æмæ Дæллаг Сари – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Рацъ-Лечхум æмæ Дæллаг Сари" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rach%27a-Lechkhumi_e_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Rach'a-Lechkhumi e Kvemo Svaneti – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rach'a-Lechkhumi e Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A6%27%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%A6%27%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%99_%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA" title="רצ'ה-לצ'חומי וסוואנתי תחתית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רצ'ה-לצ'חומי וסוואנתי תחתית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_at_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi at Kvemo Svaneti – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Racha-Lechkhumi at Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%AD%E1%83%90-%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A9%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A5%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="რაჭა-ლეჩხუმისა და ქვემო სვანეთის მხარე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="რაჭა-ლეჩხუმისა და ქვემო სვანეთის მხარე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C4%8Da-Le%C4%8Dhumi_un_Lejassvanetija" title="Rača-Lečhumi un Lejassvanetija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Rača-Lečhumi un Lejassvanetija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%B3%D1%8A%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Рача-Лечхумини Агъа Сванетия – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Рача-Лечхумини Агъа Сванетия" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C4%8Da-Le%C4%8Dchumis_ir_Kvemo_Svanetija" title="Rača-Lečchumis ir Kvemo Svanetija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Rača-Lečchumis ir Kvemo Svanetija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racsa-Lecshumi_%C3%A9s_Als%C3%B3-Szvan%C3%A9ti" title="Racsa-Lecshumi és Alsó-Szvanéti – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Racsa-Lecshumi és Alsó-Szvanéti" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Рача-Лечхуми и Долна Сванетија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Рача-Лечхуми и Долна Сванетија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A-%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%86%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8A_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF" title="റച്ച-ലെച്ച്കുമി ആൻഡ് ക്വെമൊ സ്വനെറ്റി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="റച്ച-ലെച്ച്കുമി ആൻഡ് ക്വെമൊ സ്വനെറ്റി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%AD%E1%83%90-%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A9%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="რაჭა-ლეჩხუმიშ დო თუდოლენი შონეშ აკანი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="რაჭა-ლეჩხუმიშ დო თუდოლენი შონეშ აკანი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratsja-Letsjchoemi_en_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Ratsja-Letsjchoemi en Kvemo Svaneti – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ratsja-Letsjchoemi en Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AC%E3%83%81%E3%83%95%E3%83%9F%E3%81%8A%E3%82%88%E3%81%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8D%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E5%B7%9E" title="ラチャ＝レチフミおよびクヴェモ・スヴァネティ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ラチャ＝レチフミおよびクヴェモ・スヴァネティ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B0,_%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE-%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%B0" title="Рача-Лечхуми а, Квемо-Сванети а – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Рача-Лечхуми а, Квемо-Сванети а" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratscha-Letschchumi_an_Liiger_Swaneetien" title="Ratscha-Letschchumi an Liiger Swaneetien – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Ratscha-Letschchumi an Liiger Swaneetien" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_og_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi og Kvemo Svaneti – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Racha-Lechkhumi og Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_og_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi og Kvemo Svaneti – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Racha-Lechkhumi og Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechxumi_va_Quyi_Svanetiya" title="Racha-Lechxumi va Quyi Svanetiya – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Racha-Lechxumi va Quyi Svanetiya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%A7_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%DB%92_%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="رچا لیخیومی-تے کویمو سوانتی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="رچا لیخیومی-تے کویمو سوانتی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racza-Leczchumi_i_Dolna_Swanetia" title="Racza-Leczchumi i Dolna Swanetia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Racza-Leczchumi i Dolna Swanetia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lech%C3%BAmia_e_Baixa_Suan%C3%A9cia" title="Racha-Lechúmia e Baixa Suanécia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Racha-Lechúmia e Baixa Suanécia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat%C5%A1a-Let%C5%A1humi_wan_Khvemo_Svanethi_suyu" title="Ratša-Letšhumi wan Khvemo Svanethi suyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Ratša-Letšhumi wan Khvemo Svanethi suyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Рача-Лечхуми и Нижняя Сванетия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Рача-Лечхуми и Нижняя Сванетия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_an_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi an Kvemo Svaneti – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Racha-Lechkhumi an Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%9A%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Рача-Лечхуми и Доња Сванетија – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Рача-Лечхуми и Доња Сванетија" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat%C5%A1a-Let%C5%A1khumi_ja_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Ratša-Letškhumi ja Kvemo Svaneti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ratša-Letškhumi ja Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratja-Letjchumi_och_Nedre_Svanetien" title="Ratja-Letjchumi och Nedre Svanetien – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ratja-Letjchumi och Nedre Svanetien" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raca-Le%C3%A7humi_ve_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Raca-Leçhumi ve Kvemo Svaneti – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Raca-Leçhumi ve Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%96_%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE-%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%96" title="Рача-Лечхумі та Квемо-Сванеті – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Рача-Лечхумі та Квемо-Сванеті" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%A7-%D9%84%DA%86%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="راچا-لچخومی و کومو سوانتی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="راچا-لچخومی و کومو سوانتی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_v%C3%A0_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi và Kvemo Svaneti – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Racha-Lechkhumi và Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_ngan_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi ngan Kvemo Svaneti – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Racha-Lechkhumi ngan Kvemo Svaneti" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%A7a-Le%C3%A7xumi_u_Svanetia_C%C3%AAr%C3%AAne" title="Raça-Leçxumi u Svanetia Cêrêne – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Raça-Leçxumi u Svanetia Cêrêne" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E6%81%B0-%E5%88%97%E5%85%B6%E5%91%BC%E7%B1%B3%E5%92%8C%E4%B8%8B%E6%96%AF%E7%93%A6%E5%86%85%E8%92%82%E5%A4%A7%E5%8C%BA" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ka">რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">Mkhare (region)</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media 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class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:240px;max-width:240px"><div style="height:49px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Samertskhle,_Uravi_side.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Samertskhle%2C_Uravi_side.jpg/238px-Samertskhle%2C_Uravi_side.jpg" decoding="async" width="238" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Samertskhle%2C_Uravi_side.jpg/357px-Samertskhle%2C_Uravi_side.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Samertskhle%2C_Uravi_side.jpg/476px-Samertskhle%2C_Uravi_side.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="198" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:129px;max-width:129px"><div style="height:71px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shkmeri,_Oni_Municipality,_Georgia.14..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Shkmeri%2C_Oni_Municipality%2C_Georgia.14..jpg/127px-Shkmeri%2C_Oni_Municipality%2C_Georgia.14..jpg" decoding="async" width="127" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Shkmeri%2C_Oni_Municipality%2C_Georgia.14..jpg/191px-Shkmeri%2C_Oni_Municipality%2C_Georgia.14..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Shkmeri%2C_Oni_Municipality%2C_Georgia.14..jpg/254px-Shkmeri%2C_Oni_Municipality%2C_Georgia.14..jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1152" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:109px;max-width:109px"><div style="height:71px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rioni_river_gorge_in_Upper_Racha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Rioni_river_gorge_in_Upper_Racha.jpg/107px-Rioni_river_gorge_in_Upper_Racha.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Rioni_river_gorge_in_Upper_Racha.jpg/161px-Rioni_river_gorge_in_Upper_Racha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Rioni_river_gorge_in_Upper_Racha.jpg/214px-Rioni_river_gorge_in_Upper_Racha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:126px;max-width:126px"><div style="height:82px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kheshkuri_river_(Lentekhi).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kheshkuri_river_%28Lentekhi%29.jpg/124px-Kheshkuri_river_%28Lentekhi%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kheshkuri_river_%28Lentekhi%29.jpg/186px-Kheshkuri_river_%28Lentekhi%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kheshkuri_river_%28Lentekhi%29.jpg/248px-Kheshkuri_river_%28Lentekhi%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:112px;max-width:112px"><div style="height:82px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98.jpg/110px-%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98.jpg/165px-%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98.jpg/220px-%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div>From the top to bottom-right: <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi_Range" title="Lechkhumi Range">Lechkhumi Mountain Range</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oni_Municipality" title="Oni Municipality">Oni District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rioni" title="Rioni">Rioni River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lentekhi" title="Lentekhi">Kheshkuri River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri_Municipality" title="Ambrolauri Municipality">Shaori Reservoir</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Racha-Lechkhumi_in_Georgia_(disputed_hatched).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Overlapping borders of de jure Racha-Lechkhumi region and de facto Republic of South Ossetia[nt 1]"><img alt="Overlapping borders of de jure Racha-Lechkhumi region and de facto Republic of South Ossetia[nt 1]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Racha-Lechkhumi_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg/250px-Racha-Lechkhumi_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Racha-Lechkhumi_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg/375px-Racha-Lechkhumi_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Racha-Lechkhumi_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg/500px-Racha-Lechkhumi_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1715" data-file-height="913" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Overlapping borders of <i>de jure</i> Racha-Lechkhumi region and <i>de facto</i> <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">Republic of South Ossetia</a><sup id="cite_ref-a_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nt 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri" title="Ambrolauri">Ambrolauri</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>4 municipalities</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">Parmen Margvelidze</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-notearea_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notearea-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,954 km<sup>2</sup> (1,913 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-geostatpop_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geostatpop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">28,500</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">5.8/km<sup>2</sup> (15/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Gross Regional Product<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgian_lari" title="Georgian lari">₾</a> 373.7 million (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per Capita</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgian_lari" title="Georgian lari">₾</a> 13,539 (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">GE-RL</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2021)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.800<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0c0">high</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Georgian_regions_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Georgian regions by Human Development Index">11th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rls.gov.ge/">rls<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ge</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti</b> (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი</span></span>, <i>Rach’a-Lechkhumi da Kvemo Svaneti</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ka-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Georgian" title="Help:IPA/Georgian">[ɾat͡ʃʼalet͡ʃʰχumi<span class="wrap"> </span>d̥a<span class="wrap"> </span>kʰʷemo<span class="wrap"> </span>sʷanetʰi]</a></span>) is a region (<a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">mkhare</a>) in northwestern <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> with a population of 28,500 (2021<sup id="cite_ref-geostatpop_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geostatpop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), making it the most sparsely populated region in the country. It has a nominal area of 4,954 km<sup>2</sup> (1,913 sq mi), of which 4,600 km<sup>2</sup> (1,800 sq mi) is <i>de facto</i> controlled by Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-census2014detail_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2014detail-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remainder is effectively under <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetian</a> control.<sup id="cite_ref-b_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nt 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region has <a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri" title="Ambrolauri">Ambrolauri</a> as its administrative center and Parmen Margvelidze is governor of the region since June 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-gvr_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gvr-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gvr2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gvr2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti includes the historical provinces of <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Kvemo Svaneti</a> (or Lower Svaneti). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambrolauri_(Photo_A._Muhranoff,_2011).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ambrolauri_%28Photo_A._Muhranoff%2C_2011%29.jpg/220px-Ambrolauri_%28Photo_A._Muhranoff%2C_2011%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ambrolauri_%28Photo_A._Muhranoff%2C_2011%29.jpg/330px-Ambrolauri_%28Photo_A._Muhranoff%2C_2011%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ambrolauri_%28Photo_A._Muhranoff%2C_2011%29.jpg/440px-Ambrolauri_%28Photo_A._Muhranoff%2C_2011%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="936" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri" title="Ambrolauri">Ambrolauri</a>, the administrative center and the second largest city of the region</figcaption></figure> <p>Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti is located in the north of Georgia and covers an area of 4,954 km<sup>2</sup> (1,913 sq mi). The eastern tip of the region is <i>de facto</i> in South Ossetia and is not under Georgian control. This concerns approximately 354 km<sup>2</sup> (137 sq mi). Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti borders the <a href="/wiki/Samegrelo-Zemo_Svaneti" title="Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti">Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti</a> region to the west, the Russian Caucasian republics of <a href="/wiki/Kabardino-Balkaria" title="Kabardino-Balkaria">Kabardino-Balkaria</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia-Alania" class="mw-redirect" title="North Ossetia-Alania">North Ossetia-Alania</a> to the north, the Georgian <a href="/wiki/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli">Shida Kartli</a> region to the southeast, and <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> to the south. Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude. </p><p>The region is surrounded by mountain ranges as a natural border. The north-south watershed and main ridge of the Greater Caucasus forms the natural northeastern boundary of Racha-Lechkumi and Kvemo Svaneti while the <a href="/wiki/Racha_Range" title="Racha Range">Racha Range</a> form the southern boundary from the main ridge of the Greater Caucasus to the outlet of the region's <a href="/wiki/Rioni" title="Rioni">Rioni</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tskhenistsqali" title="Tskhenistsqali">Tskhenistsqali</a> rivers. To the west of this, the <a href="/wiki/Egrisi_Range" title="Egrisi Range">Egrisi Range</a> forms the southwestern natural border and the <a href="/wiki/Svaneti_Range" title="Svaneti Range">Svaneti Range</a> the northwestern. In addition, the region itself is also separated into separate areas by mountain ranges. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shoda-Kedela_Ridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shoda-Kedela Ridge (page does not exist)">Shoda-Kedela Ridge</a>, together with the <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi_Range" title="Lechkhumi Range">Lechkhumi Range</a>, form a natural division between the historical regions of Mountain-, Upper- and Lower <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a> and Lower <a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Svaneti</a>. Upper and Lower Racha have their natural boundary in the kHidiskari Gorge in the Rioni River between the villages of Tsesi and Kmimsi. </p><p>The largest river entirely in Georgia, the <a href="/wiki/Rioni" title="Rioni">Rioni</a>, has its major origins in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, more specifically in Mountain Racha in the Greater Caucasus main ridge northwest of the village of Ghebi at the 3779 meter high Mt Pasismta. The <a href="/wiki/Tskhenistsqali" title="Tskhenistsqali">Tskhenistsqali</a>, the sixth river of Georgia, which flows into the Rioni after 176 kilometers at <a href="/wiki/Samtredia" title="Samtredia">Samtredia</a>, also finds its origin in this region, like the Rioni at Mt Pasismta. Both rivers flow in opposite directions through the region and find their exit in the southwest corner through the Khvamli chalk massif. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subdivisions">Subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region has four municipalities with 62 administrative communities (temi)<sup id="cite_ref-census2014detail_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2014detail-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a total of 256 populated settlements: </p> <ul><li>Three cities: <a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri" title="Ambrolauri">Ambrolauri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oni,_Georgia" title="Oni, Georgia">Oni</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tsageri" title="Tsageri">Tsageri</a>.</li> <li>Two dabas: <a href="/wiki/Kharistvala" title="Kharistvala">Kharistvala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lentekhi" title="Lentekhi">Lentekhi</a></li> <li>Villages: 251</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:110%;text-align=right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Map </th> <th>Municipality </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Density (p/km<sup>2</sup>) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RLKSM-ka.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/RLKSM-ka.svg/300px-RLKSM-ka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/RLKSM-ka.svg/450px-RLKSM-ka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/RLKSM-ka.svg/600px-RLKSM-ka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="650" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri_Municipality" title="Ambrolauri Municipality">Ambrolauri Municipality</a> </td> <td>1,142 </td> <td>9.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lentekhi_Municipality" title="Lentekhi Municipality">Lentekhi Municipality</a> </td> <td>1,344 </td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oni_Municipality" title="Oni Municipality">Oni Municipality</a> </td> <td>1,748 </td> <td>3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tsageri_Municipality" title="Tsageri Municipality">Tsageri Municipality</a> </td> <td>755 </td> <td>11.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4">Population density based on 2021 population.<sup id="cite_ref-geostatpop_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geostatpop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Municipality area<sup id="cite_ref-census2014detail_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2014detail-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographic">Demographic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to data from the National Statistical Bureau of Georgia, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti had 28,500 inhabitants as of January 1, 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-geostatpop_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geostatpop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a decrease of 11% from the 2014 census.<sup id="cite_ref-census2014detail_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2014detail-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these, 23.7% live in urban areas and 76.7% in rural villages. Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti is the smallest region in Georgia in terms of inhabitants and has depopulated in a rapid pace, partly forced by limited economic prospects, especially in the hard to reach valleys deeper in the region. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="19">Population development of the region Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti<sup id="cite_ref-historicpopulation_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-historicpopulation-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th>1959</th> <th>1970</th> <th>1979</th> <th>1989</th> <th>2002*</th> <th>2002**</th> <th>2014</th> <th>2021 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti</th> <th>90,045</th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 79,979</th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 69,834</th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 57,776</th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 50,969</th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 44,003</th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 32,089</th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 28,500 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri_Municipality" title="Ambrolauri Municipality">Ambrolauri Municipality</a></td> <td>26,667</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 24,128</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 20,916</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 17,065</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 16,079</td> <td align="center">-</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11,186</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10,405 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lentekhi_Municipality" title="Lentekhi Municipality">Lentekhi Municipality</a></td> <td>14,692</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 13,479</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 12,963</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11,227</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8,991</td> <td align="center">-</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4,386</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4,027 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oni_Municipality" title="Oni Municipality">Oni Municipality</a>***</td> <td>21,784</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 19,016</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 15,493</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 12,318</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9,277</td> <td align="center">-</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6,130</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5,563 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tsageri_Municipality" title="Tsageri Municipality">Tsageri Municipality</a></td> <td>27,262</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 23,356</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 20,462</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 17,166</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 16,622</td> <td align="center">-</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10,387</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8,505 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" class="wikitable" style="align:left;text-align:left;background-color:#eaecf0">* Research after 2014 census showed the 2002 census was inflated by 8-9 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-research2017_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-research2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />** Corrected data based on retro-projection 1994-2014 in collaboration with UN<sup id="cite_ref-retro2017_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retro2017-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />*** Part of Oni is outside Georgian government authority and has not been counted since 2002. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The population of (Georgian controlled) Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti consists almost entirely of Georgians. The 2014 census counted no more than 112 inhabitants belonging to a minority group, with ethnic <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> (29) and <a href="/wiki/Ossetians" title="Ossetians">Ossetians</a> (28) being the most represented. Others include <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Greeks_in_Georgia" title="Greeks in Georgia">Greeks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-etn2014_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-etn2014-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015-08-29_(73)_Oni_Synagogue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/2015-08-29_%2873%29_Oni_Synagogue.jpg/320px-2015-08-29_%2873%29_Oni_Synagogue.jpg" decoding="async" width="320" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/2015-08-29_%2873%29_Oni_Synagogue.jpg/480px-2015-08-29_%2873%29_Oni_Synagogue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/2015-08-29_%2873%29_Oni_Synagogue.jpg/640px-2015-08-29_%2873%29_Oni_Synagogue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Oni Synagogue</figcaption></figure> <p>The population of (Georgian controlled) Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti almost entirely identifies themselves as <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox Christians</a>, with only 90 people belonging to another religion. <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> are the most significant religious minority with 69 followers, according to the 2014 census, followed by s small number of <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Gregorians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rel2014_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rel2014-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Oni,_Georgia" title="Oni, Georgia">Oni</a> has long been one of the main centers of Georgian Jews. At its peak, the community is said to have been as large as 3,500 people.<sup id="cite_ref-onisyn_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onisyn-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-onisyn2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onisyn2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the census of the period 1920-1970, around 1,100-1,200 Jews lived in Oni. Migration to Israel, in particular, started from 1968 when the Soviet Union began to allow emigration. Under Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze">Eduard Shevardnadze</a>, this was made easier, accelerating the exodus in the late 1980s. By the early 1990s, most Jews had left Oni, especially to Beer Sheva in Israel's Negev desert. This town has had a twinning relationship with Oni ever since. </p><p>The synagogue in Oni is the third largest in Georgia, and was opened in 1895 after a 4-year construction period. The synagogue is inspired by the Great Synagogue in Warsaw (Poland).<sup id="cite_ref-onisyn3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onisyn3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-onisyn2_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onisyn2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rabbi of Oni saw this synagogue during a study in Warsaw and wanted a similar synagogue in Oni. He had a Polish design made in an eclectic style that also has references to synagogues in Tykocin and Krakow. It was built by Greek workers using limestone and rock. By 2021 the Jewish community in Oni is only 12 people small and it is difficult to keep the synagogue open. Services are only held if the attendance is at least 10. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian language</a> is spoken by the entire population. The <a href="/wiki/Svan_language" title="Svan language">Svan language</a> is also spoken in Kvemo Svaneti, mostly by the elders. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Special:EditPage/Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kvemo_Svaneti"><a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Kvemo Svaneti</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Kvemo Svaneti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Historical_Svaneti_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Historical_Svaneti_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/220px-Historical_Svaneti_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Historical_Svaneti_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/330px-Historical_Svaneti_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Historical_Svaneti_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/440px-Historical_Svaneti_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="633" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Svaneti</a> in red</figcaption></figure> <p>In early centuries, <a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Svaneti</a> was a part of <a href="/wiki/Colchis" title="Colchis">Colchis</a>, after it became a part of <a href="/wiki/Egrisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Egrisi">Egrisi</a>. In the 11th-15th centuries, <a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Svaneti</a> was a <i>Saeristavo</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian Kingdom">Georgian Kingdom</a>. After the break of the united kingdom, <a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Svaneti</a> was divided into different parts: </p> <ul><li><i>Svanetis samtavro</i> (Côté ouest de <a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Zemo Svaneti</a>)</li> <li><i>Balzemo Svaneti</i> (Côté est de <a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Zemo Svaneti</a>)</li> <li><i>Kvemo Svaneti</i> (Basse Svaneti)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Racha"><a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Racha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Historical_Racha_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Historical_Racha_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/220px-Historical_Racha_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Historical_Racha_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/330px-Historical_Racha_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Historical_Racha_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/440px-Historical_Racha_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="633" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> in red</figcaption></figure> <p>In early period, <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> with <a href="/wiki/Takveri" class="mw-redirect" title="Takveri">Takveri</a> was forming the <i>Takveri Saeristavo</i> which was part of <a href="/wiki/Egrisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Egrisi">Egrisi</a>. After, with <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a> which formed the <i>Saeristavo of Racha-Lechkhumi</i>. In the end of the 10th century, was created the <i>Saeristavo of Racha</i>. After the final abolishment of the Saeristavo, <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> became a part of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> and after the unification of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> became an okrug and an uyezd. </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Vakhushti_Bagrationi" class="mw-redirect" title="Vakhushti Bagrationi">Vakhushti Bagrationi</a>, a lot of noble families ruled Racha, including: the Tsulukidze, the Iashvili, the Japaridze, the Inasaridze and the Lashkhisshvili. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Saeristavo_of_Racha"><i>Saeristavo</i> of <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Saeristavo of Racha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 10th century, the <i>Rachis Saeristavo</i>, an territorial-administrative entity in the feodal <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> was created. According to written sources, the first <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavi</a> was Rati from the Baghashi noble family. After the <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavi</a> became his son, Kakhaberi. The noble family Kakhaberisdze which was borne by the Baghashi's part who controlled <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>, comes from him. The <i>Rachis Saeristavo</i> was a very important entity in the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian Kingdom">Georgian Kingdom</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavis</a> played important roles in the Georgian politics in the 10th-13th centuries. By north, <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> was bordered by <a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti"><i>Svanetis Eristavi</i></a>. Their separator was the mountains of <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a>. By west, it was separated with <a href="/wiki/Takveri" class="mw-redirect" title="Takveri">Takveri</a> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Guelistavi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guelistavi (page does not exist)">Guelistavi</a> </p><p>In the 10th-13th centuries, the <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> were the vassals of the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Georgia">King of Georgia</a>. They were ordered to collect money, and to support the military. At this period, the main residence of the Eristavi was the <i>Mindatsikhe</i>. </p><p>In the end of the 13th century, <a href="/wiki/Davit_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Davit VI">Davit VI</a>, cancelled the <i>Saeristavo</i>. The Kakheberisdze noble family, disappeared. In 1330, <a href="/wiki/Giorgi_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Giorgi V">Giorgi V</a> united <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> entered as its component. Later, the Georgian kings restored the <i>Saeristavo</i> in <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>. At first, the title was borne by the Charelidze family, and since 1488, the Tsetidze. In the 15th century, after the break of the united kingdom, <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> was incorporated in <a href="/wiki/Mingrelia" title="Mingrelia">Mingrelia</a>. </p><p>In the 15th century, the king of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bagrat_III_of_Imereti" title="Bagrat III of Imereti">Bagrat III</a> gave to the <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavi</a> of <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>, <i>Mindatsikhe</i>. The <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavis</a> had their own residential area in the gorge of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lukhuni_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lukhuni River (page does not exist)">Lukhuni River</a>. The main residence became <i>Mindatsikhe</i>. </p><p>In the 15th-17th centuries, the kings of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> owned lands in <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>. Their possessions were <i>Khotevisa</i> and <i>Kvari tsikhe</i>, <a href="/wiki/Nikortsminda" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikortsminda">Nikortsminda</a>. Their summer residence was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shaori&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shaori (page does not exist)">Shaori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri" title="Ambrolauri">Ambrolauri</a>. After the death of the king <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandre_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleksandre III (page does not exist)">Aleksandre III</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> were engaged in internal wars. Their wants were to expend their territory, to cancel the <a href="/wiki/Vassalage" class="mw-redirect" title="Vassalage">vassalage</a> with <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> and to gain independence. </p><p>In 1678, Shoshita (<a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavi</a>) helped <a href="/w/index.php?title=Archil_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archil III (page does not exist)">Archil III</a> to take the throne. But after, <a href="/wiki/Bagrat_IV_of_Imereti" title="Bagrat IV of Imereti">Bagrat IV</a>, helped by the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Turks</a>, re-gain the throne of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>. In 1679, the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Turks</a> invaded <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>. After the exil of Archil, in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavis</a> still fought with <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>. Shoshita III restored ties with kings of <a href="/wiki/Karti" title="Karti">Karti</a>, especially with <a href="/wiki/Vakhtang_VI" title="Vakhtang VI">Vakhtang VI</a>. </p><p>At first, Racha's Eristavis relied on Rachvelian nobles with the battle with the Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>. The Allies, firstly, misappropriated the king of Imereti's proprieties : the Iashvili family took <i>Kvaristsikhe</i>, the Tsulukidze family took <i>Khotevisa</i> and the major parts of Imeretian possessions were taken by the <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavi</a>. In 1769, the Imeretian king Solomon I captured Rostomi (Eristavi) and his family, and the <i>Rachis Saeristavo</i> was cancelled. In 1784, the <i>Saeristavo</i> was restored by Davit (King of Imereti). Katsia II Dadiani, helped him to take the decision to restore the <i>Saeristavo</i>. <i><b>?</b></i>He place as Eristavi, his nephew Anton which was badly saw by the Tsulukidze and Tsereteli. </p><p>In 1785, the king of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>, changed his mind and decided to place his father, Giorgi as <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavi</a> of <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>. Beri Tsulukidze and Papuna Tsereteli fled to <a href="/wiki/Akhaltsikhe" title="Akhaltsikhe">Akhaltsikhe</a> and in 1786, an army of 500 <a href="/wiki/Laks_(Caucasus)" title="Laks (Caucasus)">Laks</a> and 1000 <a href="/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turks</a> broke down in <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>. The king of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> went to fight in <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>. At the final battle, on 26 January 1789, close to the village Skhvava, Davit win, but the Eristavi Giorgi died in 1787 during the battle. Anton was declared <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavi</a>. In 1789, in <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>, Solomon II became king and abolished the <i>Rachis Saeristavo</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lechkhumi"><a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lechkhumi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Historical_Lechkhumi_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Historical_Lechkhumi_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/220px-Historical_Lechkhumi_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Historical_Lechkhumi_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/330px-Historical_Lechkhumi_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Historical_Lechkhumi_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/440px-Historical_Lechkhumi_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="633" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a> in red</figcaption></figure> <p>In the region of <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a>, human life can be traced back to the <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> period. During the <a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">Antiquity</a>, the region was densely populated. In ancient sources, the region was called <i>Sarkineti</i> (სარკინეთი : <i>Land of Iron</i>); and during <a href="/wiki/Lazica" title="Lazica">Lazica</a>, it was called <i>Skvimnia</i>. In foreign sources, the region was first mentioned in the 6th century with the name of <i>Skvimnia</i>. Its long time centre is the city-fortress <a href="/wiki/Tsageri" title="Tsageri">Tsageri</a>. At this time, Skvimnia was gouvernated by an <a href="/wiki/Eristavi" title="Eristavi">Eristavi</a> under the king of <a href="/wiki/Egrisi" class="mw-redirect" title="Egrisi">Egrisi</a>. The Skvimnians's (Lechkhumians) main occupation was agriculture. This region was well-knew for its wine and <a href="/wiki/Metallurgy" title="Metallurgy">metallurgic centres</a>. The Skvimnians played a large role in the future with the Rachvelians (Inhabitants of <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>) in the creation of <a href="/wiki/Takveri" class="mw-redirect" title="Takveri">Takveri</a> and later with Rachvelians, political and cultural rapprochement with Imeretian (inhabitants of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>) and Kartlian (inhabitants of <a href="/wiki/Kartli" title="Kartli">Kartli</a>) kingdoms. This <a href="/wiki/Colchian_tribes" class="mw-redirect" title="Colchian tribes">Colchian tribe</a> was called <i>Lechkhumians</i>. In the 10th century, after the unification of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Abkhazia" title="Kingdom of Abkhazia">Kingdom of Abkhazia</a> with the United Georgian kingdom, the region lost his self-gouverning status and was unified to <a href="/wiki/Takveri" class="mw-redirect" title="Takveri">Takveri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Okribi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Okribi (page does not exist)">Okribi</a> regions. Later, <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a> became independent. Its economic centre was in Laila. After the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Imereti" title="Kingdom of Imereti">Kingdom of Imereti</a> (15th century), <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a> entered in the kingdom as a <i>Royal Domain</i>. <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a> was the most little political unity in Western <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>. But, there were many fortresses and during the wars, the warriors of Imereti were coming into the region and reinforced there against the invaders. <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a>'s gouvernant main prisons were called <i>Muris Tsikhe</i>. In the <a href="/wiki/Rioni_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Rioni River">Rioni</a> gorge, the roads from <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> were protected by these <i>Muris Tsikhe</i>. Since the 17th century, in <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a>, the want of independence appeared, titles were created such as <i>Lechkhumis Tavi</i> (Head of Lechkhumi). The Lechkhumians tired to create their own nobles. In this side, the Inasanidze were the most popular. Later, the whole region was under the <a href="/wiki/Chikovani" class="mw-redirect" title="Chikovani">Chikovani family</a>. In 1714, after the Lechkhumi's dirigeant Bejan I Dadiani became the <i>Mtavari</i> of <a href="/wiki/Mingrelia" title="Mingrelia">Mingrelia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lechkhumi" title="Lechkhumi">Lechkhumi</a> was attached to it, and was ruled by Dadiani's selected commander. The little region played a big role in the economical and military affairs of <a href="/wiki/Odishi" title="Odishi">Odishi</a>. In the 18th-19th centuries, the king of <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>, Solomon II tried to capture the region, but failed. After the entrance of <a href="/wiki/Mingrelia" title="Mingrelia">Mingrelia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, an administrative and territorial unity was created on the Lechkhumian soil, the Uyezd of Lechkhumi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sachkhere_-_Oni_road_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Sachkhere_-_Oni_road_%283%29.jpg/220px-Sachkhere_-_Oni_road_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Sachkhere_-_Oni_road_%283%29.jpg/330px-Sachkhere_-_Oni_road_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Sachkhere_-_Oni_road_%283%29.jpg/440px-Sachkhere_-_Oni_road_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4053" data-file-height="3039" /></a><figcaption>New Sachkhere - Oni road</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambrolauri_Airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ambrolauri_Airport.jpg/220px-Ambrolauri_Airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ambrolauri_Airport.jpg/330px-Ambrolauri_Airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Ambrolauri_Airport.jpg/440px-Ambrolauri_Airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri_Airport" title="Ambrolauri Airport">Ambrolauri Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The relatively isolated region is connected with neighbouring regions <a href="/wiki/Samegrelo-Zemo_Svaneti" title="Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti">Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> through a limited set of national roads. The 157 km (98 mi) long <a href="/wiki/List_of_roads_in_Georgia_(country)#1-50" title="List of roads in Georgia (country)">national route Sh15</a> comes from <a href="/wiki/Kutaisi" title="Kutaisi">Kutaisi</a> and follows the <a href="/wiki/Tskhenistsqali" title="Tskhenistsqali">Tskhenistsqali</a> upstream via <a href="/wiki/Tsageri" title="Tsageri">Tsageri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lentekhi" title="Lentekhi">Lentekhi</a> to Upper Svaneti and <a href="/wiki/Mestia" title="Mestia">Mestia</a> via the 2,620 m (8,600 ft) high Zagari pass. This is the vital artery through the western and northern area of the region. The 161 km (100 mi) long <a href="/wiki/List_of_roads_in_Georgia_(country)#1-50" title="List of roads in Georgia (country)">national route Sh16</a>, which follows the <a href="/wiki/Rioni" title="Rioni">Rioni</a> upstream from Kutaisi, serves the southern and eastern part of the region and passes through <a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri" title="Ambrolauri">Ambrolauri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oni" title="Oni">Oni</a> before ending at the 2,911 m (9,551 ft) <a href="/wiki/Mamison_Pass" title="Mamison Pass">Mamison Pass</a> on the Russian border. There is no border crossing here. This road was also known as the <a href="/wiki/Ossetian_Military_Road" title="Ossetian Military Road">Ossetian Military Road</a>, originally constructed in the 19th century as an addition to the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Military_Road" title="Georgian Military Road">Georgian Military Road</a> to connect South Russia with the <a href="/wiki/Kutais_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Kutais Governorate">Kutais Governorate</a>. Furthermore, <a href="/wiki/List_of_roads_in_Georgia_(country)#1-50" title="List of roads in Georgia (country)">national route Sh17</a> connects Ambrolauri, the administrative center of the region, with central Georgia. </p><p>Since autumn 2021, a new road from central Georgia to Oni has been opened. It starts in <a href="/wiki/Sachkhere" title="Sachkhere">Sachkhere</a> (Imereti) and runs through the <a href="/wiki/Racha_Range" title="Racha Range">Racha Range</a>] to the Oni-Ambrolauri road (Sh16), which significantly reduces travel time.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This road reaches a highest point of almost 1,900 m (6,200 ft) meters above sea level and replaces the old route from <a href="/wiki/Gori,_Georgia" title="Gori, Georgia">Gori</a> via <a href="/wiki/Tskhinvali" title="Tskhinvali">Tskhinvali</a> to Oni which has been effectively closed since the 1990s. A direct road between the towns of <a href="/wiki/Lentekhi" title="Lentekhi">Lentekhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mestia" title="Mestia">Mestia</a> in Upper-<a href="/wiki/Svaneti" title="Svaneti">Svaneti</a> via the Laskadura valley and a 6 kilometer long tunnel through the <a href="/wiki/Svaneti_Range" title="Svaneti Range">Svaneti Range</a> has been announced several times, especially in election campaign times.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, an <a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri_Airport" title="Ambrolauri Airport">airport</a> was opened in Ambrolauri to develop tourism and to serve the local population. <a href="/wiki/Vanilla_Sky_Airlines" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanilla Sky Airlines">Vanilla Sky Airlines</a> operates flights between Ambrolauri and the regional airport of <a href="/wiki/Natakhtari_Airfield" title="Natakhtari Airfield">Natakhtari</a>, which is close to <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>. Since 1887, the nearest train station has been in <a href="/wiki/Tkibuli" title="Tkibuli">Tkibuli</a> (<a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>), the terminus of the line from Kutaisi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambrolauri,_center_of_Khvanchkara_wine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ambrolauri%2C_center_of_Khvanchkara_wine.jpg/250px-Ambrolauri%2C_center_of_Khvanchkara_wine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ambrolauri%2C_center_of_Khvanchkara_wine.jpg/330px-Ambrolauri%2C_center_of_Khvanchkara_wine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ambrolauri%2C_center_of_Khvanchkara_wine.jpg/500px-Ambrolauri%2C_center_of_Khvanchkara_wine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Bottle of Khvanchkara in Ambrolauri</figcaption></figure> <p>The majority of the region is mountainous, while the economy mostly relies on agriculture from the valleys. In the region, cultivation of <a href="/wiki/Potato" title="Potato">potatoes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viticulture" title="Viticulture">viticulture</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Animal_husbandry" title="Animal husbandry">animal husbandry</a> is mostly developed. The regional production's part in the <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a> of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> is 0.6%, with a GDP of GEL 300m ($100m) in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-gdp_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gdp-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area around <a href="/wiki/Ambrolauri" title="Ambrolauri">Ambrolauri</a> is mostly known for its Khvanchkara wine production. Due to the protected climate, the Rioni valley is used for viticulture: the red wine <a href="/wiki/Georgian_wine#Red" title="Georgian wine">Khvanchkara</a>, popular in the former Soviet Union, is produced in this area.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is also reflected in the design of the coat of arms of the municipality. The namesake of the wine, which is a mixture of the <a href="/wiki/Aleksandrouli" title="Aleksandrouli">Aleksandrouli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mujuretuli" title="Mujuretuli">Mujuretuli</a> grapes, is the village of Khvanchkara, which is located 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Ambrolauri. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Racha" title="Racha">Racha</a>, historic region abolished at the end of the 18th century</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Georgia">Subdivisions of Georgia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-a-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-a_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a>'s status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia#States_formally_recognising_Abkhazia_or_South_Ossetia_as_independent" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia">only a few other countries</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgian</a> government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia <i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i> a part of Georgia's territory.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-b-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-b_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">With the formation of <i><a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">mkhare</a></i> (regions) in 1995, a small part of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast was incorporated in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region. 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