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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A" title="شيدا كارتلي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="شيدا كارتلي" 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/%C5%9Eida_Kartli" title="Şida Kartli – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şida Kartli" 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%A8%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Шыда Картлі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Шыда Картлі" 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%A8%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Шыда Картлі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Шыда Картлі" 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%92%D1%8A%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Вътрешна Картли – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Вътрешна Картли" 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/Chida_Kharthli" title="Chida Kharthli – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Chida Kharthli" 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/Xida_Kartli" title="Xida Kartli – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Xida Kartli" 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/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Shida Kartli" 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/%C5%A0ida_Kartli" title="Šida Kartli – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Šida Kartli" 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/Innerkartlien" title="Innerkartlien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Innerkartlien" 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/%C5%A0ida_Kharthli_piirkond" title="Šida Kharthli piirkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Šida Kharthli 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%A3%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%84%CE%BB%CE%B9" title="Σίντα Κάρτλι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σίντα Κάρτλι" 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_Iberia_Interior" title="Región de Iberia Interior – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región de Iberia Interior" 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/%C5%9Cida_Kartli" title="Ŝida Kartli – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝida Kartli" 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/Xida_Kartli" title="Xida Kartli – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Xida Kartli" 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%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%84%DB%8C" title="شیدا کارتلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شیدا کارتلی" 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/Kartlie_int%C3%A9rieure" title="Kartlie intérieure – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kartlie intérieure" 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/%EC%8B%9C%EB%8B%A4%EC%B9%B4%EB%A5%B4%ED%8B%80%EB%A6%AC%EC%A3%BC" title="시다카르틀리주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시다카르틀리주" 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%87%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%A1_%D5%94%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Շիդա Քարթլիի մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շիդա Քարթլիի մարզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unutarnji_Kartli" title="Unutarnji Kartli – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Unutarnji Kartli" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Shida Kartli" 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%9C%D0%B8%D0%B4%C3%A6%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Мидæггаг Картли – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Мидæггаг Картли" 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/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Shida Kartli" 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%9B%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%AA%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA" title="כארתלי הפנימית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="כארתלי הפנימית" 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/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Shida Kartli" 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%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="შიდა ქართლის მხარე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="შიდა ქართლის 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/Iek%C5%A1%C4%93j%C4%81_Kartlija" title="Iekšējā Kartlija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Iekšējā Kartlija" 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%A8%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Шида-Картли – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Шида-Картли" 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/%C5%A0ida_Kartlis" title="Šida Kartlis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šida Kartlis" 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/Fels%C5%91-Kartli" title="Felső-Kartli – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Felső-Kartli" 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%92%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Внатрешен Картли – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Внатрешен Картли" 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%B7%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF" title="ഷിദ കാർട്‌ലി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഷിദ കാർട്‌ലി" 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%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="დინოხოლენი ქართლიშ აკანი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="დინოხოლენი ქართლიშ 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/Sjida_Kartli" title="Sjida Kartli – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sjida Kartli" 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%82%B7%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E5%B7%9E" title="シダ・カルトリ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シダ・カルトリ州" 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%A8%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8_(%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BA)" title="Шида-Картли (мохк) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Шида-Картли (мохк)" 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/Baner_Kartlien" title="Baner Kartlien – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Baner Kartlien" 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/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Shida Kartli" 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/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Shida Kartli" 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-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Shida Kartli" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li 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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">Inner Kartli</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ka">შიდა ქართლი</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 all and 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class="trow" style="display:flex"><div>From the top to bottom-right: Landscape of Inner Kartli, <a href="/wiki/Amilakhvari_castle" title="Amilakhvari castle">Amilakhvari Castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surami_Fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Surami Fortress">Surami Fortress</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uplistsikhe" title="Uplistsikhe">Uplistsikhe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gori_City_Hall" title="Gori City Hall">Gori City Hall</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:Shida_Kartli_in_Georgia_(disputed_hatched).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Overlapping borders of de jure Shida Kartli region and de facto South Ossetia[nt 1]"><img alt="Overlapping borders of de jure Shida Kartli region and de facto South Ossetia[nt 1]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Shida_Kartli_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg/280px-Shida_Kartli_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Shida_Kartli_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg/420px-Shida_Kartli_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Shida_Kartli_in_Georgia_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg/560px-Shida_Kartli_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> Shida Kartli region and <i>de facto</i> <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">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"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></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/Gori,_Georgia" title="Gori, Georgia">Gori</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>5 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">Valerian Mchedlidze <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,729 km<sup>2</sup> (2,212 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-shida-kartli-stat_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shida-kartli-stat-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"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">254,081<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_population"><a href="#endnote_population">[a]</a></sup>; (est. 284,081)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Gross Regional Product<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<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> 2.5 billion (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> 10,002 (2022)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+4">UTC+4</a> (Georgian Time)</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-SK</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">0.779<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<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">7th</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://shidakartli.gov.ge/en">shidakartli<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ge<wbr />/en</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_population"><b><a href="#ref_population">^a</a></b></span> Without <a href="/wiki/Occupied_territories_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupied territories of Georgia">Russian occupied part of Shida Kartli</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shida Kartli</b> (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">შიდა ქართლი</span></span>, <span title="Georgian-language text"><i lang="ka-Latn">šida kartli</i></span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ka-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Georgian" title="Help:IPA/Georgian">[ʃida<span class="wrap"> </span>kʰaɾtʰli]</a></span>; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (<i><a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">Mkhare</a></i>) in eastern <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of <a href="/wiki/Kartli#Medieval_subdivision" title="Kartli">Shida Kartli</a>. With an area of 5,729 square kilometres (2,212 sq mi), Shida Kartli is the 8th largest Georgian region by land area. With 284,081 inhabitants, it is Georgia's seventh-most-populous region. Shida Kartli's capital and largest city, <a href="/wiki/Gori,_Georgia" title="Gori, Georgia">Gori</a>, is the 5th largest city in Georgia.<sup id="cite_ref-shida-kartli-stat_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shida-kartli-stat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region is bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</a> to the north, Georgian regions of <a href="/wiki/Mtskheta-Mtianeti" title="Mtskheta-Mtianeti">Mtskheta-Mtianeti</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Kvemo_Kartli" title="Kvemo Kartli">Kvemo Kartli</a> to the south, <a href="/wiki/Samtskhe-Javakheti" class="mw-redirect" title="Samtskhe-Javakheti">Samtskhe-Javakheti</a> to the southwest, <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> to the west, and <a href="/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti">Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti</a> to the northwest. It consists of the following <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Georgia_(country)" title="List of municipalities in Georgia (country)">municipalities</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gori_district,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Gori district, Georgia">Gori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaspi_district,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaspi district, Georgia">Kaspi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kareli_district,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kareli district, Georgia">Kareli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Java_Municipality" title="Java Municipality">Java</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khashuri_district,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Khashuri district, Georgia">Khashuri</a>. </p><p>The northern part of the region, namely <a href="/wiki/Java_district,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Java district, Georgia">Java</a>, and northern territories of <a href="/wiki/Kareli_district,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kareli district, Georgia">Kareli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gori_District,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Gori District, Georgia">Gori</a> municipalities (total area of 1,393 km<sup>2</sup>), have been controlled by the authorities of the self-proclaimed <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_South_Ossetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of South Ossetia">Republic of South Ossetia</a> since 1992 and <a href="/wiki/Occupied_territories_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupied territories of Georgia">occupied by Russian troops</a> since 2008 <a href="/wiki/Russo-Georgian_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Georgian war">Russo-Georgian war</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Kartli#Etymology" title="Kartli">Kartli § Etymology</a></div> <p>The name <i>Shida Kartli</i> in English translates as <b>Inner Kartli</b>. The term Kartli itself derives from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Kartvelian" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Kartvelian">Proto-Kartvelian</a> root <i>*kart-</i> ("Georgian"), which is considered an ancient inner-Kartvelian formation by modern linguists.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=2" 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:Relief_Map_of_Shida_Kartli.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Relief_Map_of_Shida_Kartli.svg/220px-Relief_Map_of_Shida_Kartli.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Relief_Map_of_Shida_Kartli.svg/330px-Relief_Map_of_Shida_Kartli.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Relief_Map_of_Shida_Kartli.svg/440px-Relief_Map_of_Shida_Kartli.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="783" data-file-height="734" /></a><figcaption>Relief map of Shida Kartli</figcaption></figure> <p>Shida Kartli is located in a central part of the lowland between <a href="/wiki/Greater_Caucasus" title="Greater Caucasus">Greater</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Caucasus" title="Lesser Caucasus">Lesser</a> Caucasus. To the north, Shida Kartli shares 27.5 km international border with Russian Federation. As of 2018, the Georgian government lacks control over it, hence the border is closed for international transit. To the east, the region shares an administrative border with <a href="/wiki/Mtskheta-Mtianeti" title="Mtskheta-Mtianeti">Mtskheta-Mtianeti</a>, to the south with <a href="/wiki/Kvemo_Kartli" title="Kvemo Kartli">Kvemo Kartli</a>, to the southwest with <a href="/wiki/Samtskhe-Javakheti" class="mw-redirect" title="Samtskhe-Javakheti">Samtskhe-Javakheti</a>, to the west with <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a>, and to the northwest with <a href="/wiki/Racha-Lechkhumi_and_Kvemo_Svaneti" title="Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti">Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region's northern border is formed by the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Caucasus" title="Greater Caucasus">Greater Caucasus</a> mountains, the eastern border mainly goes along the Kharuli ridge and the <a href="/wiki/Ksani_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Ksani River">Ksani River</a>, the southern border goes along the <a href="/wiki/Trialeti_Range" title="Trialeti Range">Trialeti Range</a>, and the western border is formed by the <a href="/wiki/Likhi_Range" title="Likhi Range">Likhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Racha_Range" title="Racha Range">Racha ranges</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relief">Relief</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Relief"><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:Mount_Arjevani_view_from_village_of_Bareti,_Kvemo_Kartli,_Georgia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Mount_Arjevani_view_from_village_of_Bareti%2C_Kvemo_Kartli%2C_Georgia.jpg/220px-Mount_Arjevani_view_from_village_of_Bareti%2C_Kvemo_Kartli%2C_Georgia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Mount_Arjevani_view_from_village_of_Bareti%2C_Kvemo_Kartli%2C_Georgia.jpg/330px-Mount_Arjevani_view_from_village_of_Bareti%2C_Kvemo_Kartli%2C_Georgia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Mount_Arjevani_view_from_village_of_Bareti%2C_Kvemo_Kartli%2C_Georgia.jpg/440px-Mount_Arjevani_view_from_village_of_Bareti%2C_Kvemo_Kartli%2C_Georgia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="1191" /></a><figcaption>Mount Arjevani (2,757.7 metres (9,048 ft)) view from the village of Bareti, <a href="/wiki/Kvemo_Kartli" title="Kvemo Kartli">Kvemo Kartli</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Overall picture of Shida Kartli's relief is formed by extensive Shida Kartli plain and mountainous edges. The main <a href="/wiki/Orography" title="Orography">orographic</a> entities of the region are: small parts of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Caucasus" title="Greater Caucasus">Greater Caucasus</a> mountains and <a href="/wiki/Racha_Range" title="Racha Range">Racha range</a>, Germukhi, Kharuli, Kvernaki, <a href="/wiki/Trialeti_Range" title="Trialeti Range">Trialeti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Likhi_Range" title="Likhi Range">Likhi</a> ranges and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shida_Kartli_plain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shida Kartli plain (page does not exist)">Shida Kartli plain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The average height of the Shida Kartli terrain is 1,307 meter. The lowest point is at 473 meter in <a href="/wiki/Kaspi_Municipality" title="Kaspi Municipality">Kaspi municipality</a>, at the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Mtkvari" class="mw-redirect" title="Mtkvari">Mtkvari</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ksani_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Ksani River">Ksani</a> rivers. The highest point is the mountain Laghztsiti (3,877.4 m) which is located in occupied part of Shida Kartli. On the Georgian controlled part of the region the highest point is the mountain Arjevani (2,757.7 m).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shida_Kartli_relief_profile_on_Gori_vertical.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Shida_Kartli_relief_profile_on_Gori_vertical.png/600px-Shida_Kartli_relief_profile_on_Gori_vertical.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Shida_Kartli_relief_profile_on_Gori_vertical.png/900px-Shida_Kartli_relief_profile_on_Gori_vertical.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Shida_Kartli_relief_profile_on_Gori_vertical.png 2x" data-file-width="962" data-file-height="211" /></a><figcaption>Shida Kartli relief profile on Gori vertical</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shida Kartli has various <a href="/wiki/Climate" title="Climate">climate</a>, in its central part, on the plain is represented moderate <a href="/wiki/Humid" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid">humid</a> climate, with moderate cold <a href="/wiki/Winter" title="Winter">winters</a> and warm long <a href="/wiki/Summer" title="Summer">summers</a>. To the east from Gori environs, along <a href="/wiki/Mtkvari" class="mw-redirect" title="Mtkvari">Mtkvari</a> valley (up to 600 m), is represented transient climate from dry <a href="/wiki/Subtropics" title="Subtropics">subtropics</a> to moderate humid subtropics, with moderate cold winters and hot summers. To the north of the plain on southern slopes of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Caucasus_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Caucasus Mountains">Greater Caucasus mountains</a> (1,100–1,900 m) and to the south on northern slopes of the Trialeti range (1,400–1,900 m) climate is moderate humid with cold winters and long summers and from 1,900 m to 2,600 m with cold winters and short summers. On southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus mountains from 2,600 m to 3,400 m is represented moderate humid climate of the highlands with lack of true Summer, and above 3,400 m – moderate humid climate of the highlands with permanent snow and glaciers. To the west of the region, on Likhi range above 900 m is distributed transient highlands climate from marine humid to continental humid. In the most north-western part of the region, on the western slopes of Likhi range and Racha range, a humid climate is represented with cold winters and short summers, and above 2,600 m there is a humid highland climate with a lack of true summer.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Temperature">Temperature</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Temperature"><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:Average_temperature_in_Shida_Kartli_region_of_Georgia_by_month.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Average_temperature_in_Shida_Kartli_region_of_Georgia_by_month.png/220px-Average_temperature_in_Shida_Kartli_region_of_Georgia_by_month.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Average_temperature_in_Shida_Kartli_region_of_Georgia_by_month.png/330px-Average_temperature_in_Shida_Kartli_region_of_Georgia_by_month.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Average_temperature_in_Shida_Kartli_region_of_Georgia_by_month.png/440px-Average_temperature_in_Shida_Kartli_region_of_Georgia_by_month.png 2x" data-file-width="5800" data-file-height="4653" /></a><figcaption>Average temperature in Shida Kartli by month</figcaption></figure> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Average_annual_temperature" class="mw-redirect" title="Average annual temperature">average annual temperature</a> of the region is 6.5 °C, maximum annual temperature of 12.2 °C is to the east of the Kaspi Municipality and minimum annual temperature of −5.0 °C is in the Java Municipality, on the Caucasus Mountains. The highest average annual temperature is on the Shida Kartli plain which rises from west to east from 9 °C to 12.2 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-IJC_2005_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJC_2005-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hottest month of the region is August (18.5 °C) and its maximum average monthly temperature reaches 24.4 °C, while minimum – drops to 4.5 °C. The coldest month is January (-2,6 °C) and its minimum average monthly temperature drops to −12.6 °C, while maximum reaches – 1.6 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-IJC_2017_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJC_2017-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Precipitation">Precipitation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Precipitation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the territory of Shida Kartli an average annual precipitation equals to 824 mm. Maximum of a precipitation (1,045 mm) falls to the very north of the region, on the Caucasus Mountains, while the minimum (536 mm) falls to the east of Kaspi Municipality, along Mtkvari valley. By abundance of precipitation, the northern part of the region stand out: its amount varies from 800 mm up to 1,045 mm. On the Shida Kartli plain, average annual precipitation varies from 563 mm up to 800 mm, and on the Trialeti Range from 700 mm up to 900 mm.<sup id="cite_ref-IJC_2005_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJC_2005-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By month, maximum average annual precipitation falls in May (109 mm) and June (105 mm), while the minimum falls in February (57 mm).<sup id="cite_ref-IJC_2017_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJC_2017-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Winds">Winds</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Winds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Shida Kartli the strongest <a href="/wiki/Winds" class="mw-redirect" title="Winds">winds</a> blow in December and January, their average speed reaching 2.49 m/s and 2.35 m/s respectively. The weakest winds are in October (1.83 m/s). In the region winds usually blow from the east or the west side. </p><p>By territorial distribution winds are especially strong on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, while the weakest are on the Shida Kartli plain.<sup id="cite_ref-IJC_2017_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJC_2017-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Georgia">Subdivisions of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kartli" title="Kartli">Kartli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samachablo" title="Samachablo">Samachablo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Georgian_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Georgian war">2008 Russo-Georgian war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian-occupied_territories_in_Georgia" title="Russian-occupied territories in Georgia">Russian-occupied territories in 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=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=9" 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> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shida_Kartli&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shidakartli.gov.ge/en/municipalities/index/1">"City Gori"</a>. <i>shidakartli.gov.ge</i>. 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