Gori, Georgie

Gori გორი
Georgian Orthodox Cathedral in Gori
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Gori გორი Location o Gori in Georgie
Coordinates: 41°58′0″N 44°06′0″E
Kintra	Georgie
Region	Shida Kartli
Hicht	588 m (1,929 ft)
Indwallers (2002)
- Tot	49,500
Time zone	Georgie Time (UTC+4)
Twin Ceeties
- Lutsk	{{{twin1_kintra}}}
Wabsteid	http://www.gori-municipality.ge

Gori (Georgie: გორი) is a ceety in eastren Georgie, which serves as the regional caipital o Shida Kartli an the centre o the homonymous admeenistrative district. The name is frae Georgie gora (გორა), that is, "heap", or "hill". As o 2002, it haed a population o 49,500.

Gori wis an important military stranghauld in the Middle Ages an maintains a strategic importance due tae its location on the principal heich-gate connectin eastren an wastren pairts o Georgie. In the course o its history, Gori haes been invadit bi the airmies o regional pouers several times. The ceety wis occupeed bi Roushie troops durin the 2008 Sooth Ossetie War.

Gori is kent as the birthplace o the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin an ballistic missile designer Alexander Nadiradze an aw.

Geography an climate

Gori is locatit 76 kilometres ({{rnd/cdec||()}} mi) wast o Georgie's caipital Tbilisi, at the confluence o the rivers Mtkvari an Greater Liakhvi, 588 metres ({{rnd/cdec||()}} ft) abuin sea level. The climate is transitional frae moderately warm steppe tae moderately humid. Simmer is uisually hot. The average annual temperatur is Template:Convert/°C, minimal in Januar (Template:Convert/°C) an maximal in August (Template:Convert/°C). The maximum precipitation faws in Mey (Template:Convert/LoffAonD/Soff) an minimum in August (Template:Convert/LoffAonD/Soff) an Januar (Template:Convert/LoffAonD/Soff).

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