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Tskhinvali

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Tskhinvali
Tskhinvali / Chreba
ცხინვალი / Цхинвали / Чъреба
The monument tae the victims o the Georgie-Ossetie conflict.
The monument tae the victims o the Georgie-Ossetie conflict.
Tskhinvali is located in Georgia (country)
Tskhinvali
Tskhinvali
Location o Tskhinvali in Georgie / Sooth Ossetia
Coordinates: 42°14′0″N 43°58′0″E / 42.23333°N 43.96667°E / 42.23333; 43.96667
Kintra Georgie, Sooth Ossetia[1]
Established1398
Area
 • Total7.4 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Elevation
860 m (2,820 ft)
Population
 • Total30,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (Moscow time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4 (Moscow simmer time)

Tskhinvali (an aa spelled Cchinvali or Cxinvali; Georgie: ცხინვალი, IPA: [t͡sxinvɑli]; Ossetian: Цхинвал or Чъреба Aboot this soondlisten , Tskhinval or Ch'reba; Roushie: Цхинвал(и)), is the caipital o Sooth Ossetie, a disputit region which haes been recognised as an independent Republic bi Roushie, Venezuela, Nicaragua an Nauru, an is regardit bi Georgie an the rest o the warld as part o the Shida Kartli region wilin Georgian sovereign territory unner the Roushie occupation.

It is locaitd on the Great Liakhvi River approximately 100 km (62 miles) northwast o the Georgian caipital Tbilisi.

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns — Sister ceeties

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Tskhinvali is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:

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  1. De facto independent an recognized as such bi Roushie, houever internationally recognized as pairt o Georgie.