Akhaltsikhe
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Akhaltsikhe | |
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Coordinates: 41°38′20″N 42°59′10″E / 41.63889°N 42.98611°E | |
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mkhare | Samtskhe-Javakheti |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 17,903 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Akhaltsikhe (Georgie: ახალციხე, literally new castle; kent as Lomisa an aw, Turkis: Ahıska) is a sma ceety in Georgie's soothwastren region (mkhare) o Samtskhe-Javakheti. It is situatit on the both banks o a sma river Potskhovi, which separates the ceety tae the auld ceety in the north an new in the sooth. The name o the ceety translates frae Georgie as "new fortress".
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