Duisi
Duisi
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  Duisi Location in Georgia | |
| Coordinates: 42°08′44″N 45°17′38″E / 42.14556°N 45.29389°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Region | Kakheti |
| Municipality | Akhmeta |
| Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 2,354 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| Area code | +995 |
Duisi (Georgian: დუისი, Chechen: Дуй-Юрт, romanized: Dui-Yurt[1]) is a village in Akhmeta Municipality, Georgia. It is situated in the Pankisi Gorge, on the banks of the Alazani river. It is located 640 meters above sea level and 17 kilometers from the city of Akhmeta. In 2014, according to census data, there were 2354 people living in the village, of whom 2206 (93.71%) were Kists.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Zelimkhan Khangoshvili (1979–2019), Georgian Chechen soldier and alleged war criminal
References
[edit]- ^ "НУХАЖИЕВ Н. С. УМХАЕВ Х. С. В ПОИСКАХ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ^ "Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014".
- (in Georgian) მოსახლეობის 2014 წლის საწყველთაო აღწერა (Population Census of 2014) Archived 2019-05-26 at the Wayback Machine. საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური (ნოემბერი 2014). Access date: 12 February 2018.
Bibliography
[edit](in Georgian) ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია (Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia), vol. 3, pg. 650, Tbilisi, 1978.