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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="غوريا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غوريا" 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/Quriya" title="Quriya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Quriya" 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%93%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Гурыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Гурыя" 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%93%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Гурыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Гурыя" 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%93%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Гурия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Гурия" 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/Gouria" title="Gouria – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Gouria" 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/G%C3%BAria" title="Gúria – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gúria" 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/Guria_(rehiyon_sa_Geyorgya)" title="Guria (rehiyon sa Geyorgya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Guria (rehiyon sa Geyorgya)" 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/Gurie" title="Gurie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Gurie" 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/Gurien" title="Gurien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gurien" 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/Guria_piirkond" title="Guria piirkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Guria 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%93%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Γκούρια – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκούρια" 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_Guria" title="Región de Guria – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región de Guria" 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/Gurio" title="Gurio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Gurio" 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/Guria" title="Guria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Guria" 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/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="گوریا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گوریا" 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/Gourie" title="Gourie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gourie" 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/%EA%B5%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC" title="구리아주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="구리아주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guria" title="Guria – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Guria" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Գուրիայի մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գուրիայի 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/Gurija" title="Gurija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Gurija" 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/Guria" title="Guria – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Guria" 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%93%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Гури – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Гури" 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/Guria" title="Guria – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Guria" 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%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94" title="גוריה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גוריה" 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/Guria" title="Guria – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Guria" 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%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="გურიის მხარე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გურიის 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/Gurija" title="Gurija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Gurija" 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%93%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Гурия – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Гурия" 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/Gurija" title="Gurija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Gurija" 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/Guria" title="Guria – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Guria" 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%93%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Гурија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Гурија" 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%97%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF" title="ഗുരിയ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഗുരിയ" 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%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="გურიაშ აკანი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="გურიაშ 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/Goeria" title="Goeria – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Goeria" 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%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E5%B7%9E" title="グリア州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="グリア州" 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%93%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8_(%D0%93%D1%83%D1%8C%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%87%D0%BE%D1%8C)" title="Гури (Гуьржийчоь) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Гури (Гуьржийчоь)" 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/Guurien_(Regiuun)" title="Guurien (Regiuun) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Guurien (Regiuun)" 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/Guria" title="Guria – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Guria" 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/Guria" title="Guria – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Guria" 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/Guria" title="Guria – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Guria" 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/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="گوریا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="گوریا" 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/Guria" title="Guria – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Guria" 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/G%C3%BAria" title="Gúria – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Gúria" 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/Guria_suyu" 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class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Kolkheti_National_Park.jpg/117px-Kolkheti_National_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Kolkheti_National_Park.jpg/176px-Kolkheti_National_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Kolkheti_National_Park.jpg/234px-Kolkheti_National_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:119px;max-width:119px"><div style="height:78px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%982020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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class="trow" style="display:flex"><div>From the top to bottom-right: Landscape of Guria, <a href="/wiki/Bakhmaro" title="Bakhmaro">Bakhmaro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shemokmedi_Monastery" title="Shemokmedi Monastery">Shemokmedi Monastery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolkheti_National_Park" title="Kolkheti National Park">Kolkheti National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bakhvistsqali" title="Bakhvistsqali">Bakhvistsqali River</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:Guria_in_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Guria"><img alt="Location of Guria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Guria_in_Georgia.svg/250px-Guria_in_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Guria_in_Georgia.svg/375px-Guria_in_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Guria_in_Georgia.svg/500px-Guria_in_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1715" data-file-height="913" /></a></span></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">Main City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ozurgeti" title="Ozurgeti">Ozurgeti</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Municipalities</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>3</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"><a href="/wiki/Zurab_Nasaraia" class="mw-redirect" title="Zurab Nasaraia">Zurab Nasaraia</a></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">2,033 km<sup>2</sup> (785 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><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">104,338</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">51/km<sup>2</sup> (130/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-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><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"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgian_lari" title="Georgian lari">₾</a> 1.04 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> 9,934 (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-GU</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">0.759<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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">2nd</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Guria</b> (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">გურია</span></span>) is a region (<i><a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">mkhare</a></i>) in <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a>. The region has a population of 104,338 (2023),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Ozurgeti" title="Ozurgeti">Ozurgeti</a> as the regional capital. </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=Guria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/Odishi-Guria_plain" title="Odishi-Guria plain">Odishi-Guria plain</a></div> <p>Guria is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Samegrelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Samegrelo">Samegrelo</a> to the north-west, <a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Samtskhe-Javakheti" class="mw-redirect" title="Samtskhe-Javakheti">Samtskhe-Javakheti</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Ajaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajaria">Ajaria</a> to the south, and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> to the west. The province has an area of 2,033 km<sup>2</sup> (785 sq mi). </p><p>Guria is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><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:Georgia_Guria_relief_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Georgia_Guria_relief_location_map.svg/220px-Georgia_Guria_relief_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Georgia_Guria_relief_location_map.svg/330px-Georgia_Guria_relief_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Georgia_Guria_relief_location_map.svg/440px-Georgia_Guria_relief_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="290" /></a><figcaption>Relief map of Guria</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GR-ka.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/GR-ka.svg/220px-GR-ka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/GR-ka.svg/330px-GR-ka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/GR-ka.svg/440px-GR-ka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Subdivision of Guria</figcaption></figure> <p>Guria is divided into 4 entities (3 municipalities and 1 city), including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ozurgeti" title="Ozurgeti">City of Ozurgeti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozurgeti_Municipality" title="Ozurgeti Municipality">Ozurgeti Municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanchkhuti_Municipality" title="Lanchkhuti Municipality">Lanchkhuti Municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chokhatauri_Municipality" title="Chokhatauri Municipality">Chokhatauri Municipality</a></li></ul> <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=Guria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Banner_of_Guria.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Banner_of_Guria.svg/100px-Banner_of_Guria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Banner_of_Guria.svg/150px-Banner_of_Guria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Banner_of_Guria.svg/200px-Banner_of_Guria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of the Principality of Guria</figcaption></figure> <p>The territory that is now Guria was part of the kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Colchis" title="Colchis">Colchis</a>, best known in the West for the tale of the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Fleece" title="Golden Fleece">Golden Fleece</a>. Following the collapse of the Colchian Kingdom it became part of the Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Lazica" title="Lazica">Lazica</a> in the first century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In antiquity the area was a significant source of iron, as early as the fifth century BC, and also copper and gold.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The toponym "Guria" is first attested in the c. 800 Georgian chronicle of <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Juansher" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudo-Juansher">Pseudo-Juansher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rapp_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rapp-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Historical_Guria_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Historical_Guria_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/220px-Historical_Guria_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/c/c7/Historical_Guria_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/330px-Historical_Guria_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Historical_Guria_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg/440px-Historical_Guria_in_modern_international_borders_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="633" /></a><figcaption>Historical Guria in modern international borders of Georgia</figcaption></figure> <p>Guria first appears c. 1352 as a fief of the house of <a href="/wiki/House_of_Vardanisdze" title="House of Vardanisdze">Vardanidze</a>-<a href="/wiki/Dadiani" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadiani">Dadiani</a>; and after 1463 it became a sovereign principality independent of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Kingdom of Georgia</a> under a branch of that house, known thereafter by the name of <a href="/wiki/Gurieli" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurieli">Gurieli</a>. The principality, comprising modern Guria and much of <a href="/wiki/Adjara" title="Adjara">Adjara</a> with the city of <a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a>, was subsequently reduced in size and devastated in a series of conflicts with the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian</a> protectorate was established by the treaty concluded on June 19, 1810 between <a href="/wiki/Mamia_V_Gurieli" title="Mamia V Gurieli">Mamia V Gurieli</a> and the empire, and in 1829, during the regency for the last prince, the Gurieli <a href="/wiki/David_Gurieli" title="David Gurieli">David</a>, the principality was annexed by Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were uprisings against Russian rule in 1819 and again <a href="/wiki/1841_rebellion_in_Guria" class="mw-redirect" title="1841 rebellion in Guria">in 1841</a>. In 1840, Guria was made a county (<i><a href="/wiki/Uyezd" class="mw-redirect" title="Uyezd">uyezd</a></i>) and renamed Ozurgeti, after one of its main towns. In 1846, it was transferred to the new <a href="/wiki/Kutais_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Kutais Governorate">Kutais Governorate</a>. By 1904, the population was just under 100,000, occupying an area of approximately 532,000 acres (2,150 km<sup>2</sup>) of mountains and swampy valleys, covered by corn fields, vineyards, and some tea plantations. It was the most ethnically homogenous of Georgian areas, with the peasantry and lesser rural nobility making up almost the entire population, with a high level of literacy and a relatively high degree of economic self-satisfaction. The peasant protest movement, which originated in 1902 and culminated in an open insurrection against the government during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1905" title="Russian Revolution of 1905">Russian Revolution of 1905</a>, was the most effective and organized peasant movement in the empire. The peasants’ self-government, the so-called <a href="/wiki/Gurian_Republic" title="Gurian Republic">Gurian Republic</a>, survived into 1906, when it was crushed and Guria devastated by the <a href="/wiki/Cossack" class="mw-redirect" title="Cossack">Cossack</a> <a href="/wiki/Punitive_expedition" title="Punitive expedition">punitive expedition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region was a native powerbase of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Social_Democratic_(Menshevik)_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian Social Democratic (Menshevik) Party">Georgian Social Democratic (Menshevik) Party</a> which dominated the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a> from 1918 to 1921. Guria was a scene of guerrilla resistance to the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Georgia" title="Red Army invasion of Georgia">militarily imposed</a> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> rule early in the 1920s. Under the Soviet government, Guria was an agrarian area divided into three administrative districts. In 1995, the Georgian government decreed the creation of the region (<i><a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">mkhare</a></i>) of Guria, restoring the province's historical name to official usage. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox churches</a> of <a href="/wiki/Likhauri" title="Likhauri">Likhauri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shemokmedi_Monastery" title="Shemokmedi Monastery">Shemokmedi</a> are the main historical buildings in the province. </p> <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=Guria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Etymology"><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:Gomismta_and_the_Lesser_Caucasus_mountains.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Gomismta_and_the_Lesser_Caucasus_mountains.jpg/220px-Gomismta_and_the_Lesser_Caucasus_mountains.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Gomismta_and_the_Lesser_Caucasus_mountains.jpg/330px-Gomismta_and_the_Lesser_Caucasus_mountains.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Gomismta_and_the_Lesser_Caucasus_mountains.jpg/440px-Gomismta_and_the_Lesser_Caucasus_mountains.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2107" data-file-height="1238" /></a><figcaption>Gomismta and the Lesser Caucasus mountains (Guria region)</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Some say that the root of the word [Guria] refers to restlessness and the word should mean “the land of the restless” and is associated with events during the eighth and ninth centuries when “<a href="/wiki/Leon_II_of_Abkhazia" title="Leon II of Abkhazia">Leon</a> became the King of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Abkhazia" title="Kingdom of Abkhazia">Abkhazeti</a>. Guruls (governor of Guria) refused to obey the ruler of <a href="/wiki/Odzrkhe" title="Odzrkhe">Odzrakho</a>, ceased their vassal relations with Adarnase and <a href="/wiki/Ashot_I_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashot I the Great">Ashot Bagrationi</a> and united with Leon” as it was described in <a href="/wiki/Vakhushti_Bagrationi" class="mw-redirect" title="Vakhushti Bagrationi">Vakhushti Bagrationi</a>’s historical works of the eighteenth century.<sup id="cite_ref-GJ_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GJ-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>According to a later explanation, in the times of Georgia’s prosperity, when its borders stretched from "<a href="/wiki/Nicopsis" title="Nicopsis">Nikopsia</a> to <a href="/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent">Daruband</a>", Guria was situated in the heart of the Georgian territory.<sup id="cite_ref-GJ_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GJ-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> The linguistic evidence for the above hypothesis is the <a href="/wiki/Megrelian" class="mw-redirect" title="Megrelian">Megrelian</a> word for “heart” – “guri” (Georgian: “guli”). </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=Guria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Subtropic farming and tourism are a mainstay of the region's economy. Water is one of Guria's main assets. The province is famous for the mineral water of <a href="/wiki/Nabeglavi" title="Nabeglavi">Nabeglavi</a>, which is similar to <a href="/wiki/Borjomi" title="Borjomi">Borjomi</a> in its chemical composition, and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> health resort of <a href="/wiki/Ureki" title="Ureki">Ureki</a>, which is rich in magnetic sand. Guria is also one of the largest <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">tea</a> growing regions in Georgia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_and_religious_groups">Ethnic and religious groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guria&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ethnic and religious groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2014 census, Guria has a population of 113.350 inhabitants, which accounts for 3.1% of the total population of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>. 98% of the population is ethnic <a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgian</a> (mostly native <i>Gurians</i>), 1% is ethnic <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> and the remaining 1% is composed of <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a> and the majority of the population is <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Orthodox Christians</a> (87%), followed by <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Islam in Georgia (country)">Islam</a> (11%). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gurians">Gurians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guria&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gurians"><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:Gurian_(B).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Gurian_%28B%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="335" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="335" /></a><figcaption>A Gurian man.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Gurians</b> or <b>Gurulebi</b> (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: გურულები) is one of the ethnographical groups of Georgians, inhabiting Guria. Gurians are Orthodox Christian and speak the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_dialects" title="Georgian dialects">Gurian dialect</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guria&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administration">Administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guria&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The administration centre is <a href="/wiki/Ozurgeti" title="Ozurgeti">Ozurgeti</a>. There are 194 populated areas, including: </p> <ul><li>City: 2 (<a href="/wiki/Ozurgeti" title="Ozurgeti">Ozurgeti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanchkhuti" title="Lanchkhuti">Lanchkhuti</a>)</li> <li>Daba: 7 (<a href="/wiki/Chokhatauri" title="Chokhatauri">Chokhatauri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bakhmaro" title="Bakhmaro">Bakhmaro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gomismta" title="Gomismta">Gomismta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ureki" title="Ureki">Ureki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naruja" title="Naruja">Naruja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laituri" title="Laituri">Laituri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kveda_Nasakirali" title="Kveda Nasakirali">Kveda Nasakirali</a>)</li> <li>Villages: 185</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governors">Governors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guria&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To date, the following politicians have held the office of Governor of Guria: </p> <ul><li>1995-1997 - Mikheil Chkuaseli</li> <li>1997-1998 - Oleg Nikoleishvili</li> <li>1998–2003 - Carlo Gujabidze</li> <li>2003-2004 - Vakhtang Goliadze</li> <li>2004-2005 - Bezhan Kalandadze</li> <li>2005-2006 - Aleko Tsintsadze</li> <li>2006-2008 - Mikheil Svimonishvili</li> <li>2008-2008 - <a href="/wiki/Ramaz_Nikolaishvili" title="Ramaz Nikolaishvili">Ramaz Nikolaishvili</a></li> <li>2008–2013 - Valeri Chitaishvili</li> <li>2013–2014 - Giorgi Chkhaidze</li> <li>2015-2017 - Gia Salukvadze</li> <li>2017-2018 - <a href="/wiki/Merab_Chanukvadze" title="Merab Chanukvadze">Merab Chanukvadze</a></li> <li>2018–2021 - <a href="/wiki/Zurab_Nasaraya" title="Zurab Nasaraya">Zurab Nasaraya</a></li> <li>2021–2021 - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Giorgi_Sakhokia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giorgi Sakhokia (page does not exist)">Giorgi Sakhokia</a></li> <li>2021–Present - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Giorgi_Urushadze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giorgi Urushadze (page does not exist)">Giorgi Urushadze</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guria&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ekvtime_Takaishvili" title="Ekvtime Takaishvili">Ekvtime Takaishvili</a> (1862–1953), historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noe_Zhordania" title="Noe Zhordania">Noe Zhordania</a> (1868–1953), Prime Minister of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a> from 1918 to 1921.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavle_Ingorokva" title="Pavle Ingorokva">Pavle Ingorokva</a> (1893–1983), historian, philologist, and public benefactor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Paichadze" title="Boris Paichadze">Boris Paichadze</a> (1915–1990), football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze">Eduard Shevardnadze</a> (1928–2014), <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>'s former president</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nodar_Dumbadze" title="Nodar Dumbadze">Nodar Dumbadze</a> (1928–1984), writer</li></ul> <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=Guria&action=edit&section=13" 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></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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