Akhkerpi
ახკერპი | |
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Coordinates: 41°13′09″N 44°34′35″E / 41.21917°N 44.57639°E | |
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Mkhare | Kvemo Kartli |
Municipality | Marneuli |
Elevation | 1,007 m (3,304 ft) |
Population (2014)
[1] | |
• Total | 610 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Akhkerpi ( Georgian: ახკერპი) is a village in Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli region, located in the extreme southwestern part of Marneuli Municipality at the border with Armenia. The village is about 34 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of the municipal center Marneuli and 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of capital Tbilisi. Achkerpi is the center of the eponymous administrative community (თემი, temi) that includes the nearby villages of Chanakhchi and Verkhviani. [3] [4] Achkerpi has a vehicular border crossing with Armenia, which is the least used border checkpoint in Georgia with 133 incoming foreign travellers in 2019. [5]
In the border area with Armenia a few religious-cultural heritage sites are claimed by both countries, which has led to friction between the Georgian and Armenian churches. [6]
According to the last census of 2014, the village of Achkerpi had 610 residents. [1] Two of the three villages that make up the administrative Achkerpi community are mono-ethnic Armenian except for a few Georgians. [7] The settlement of Verkhviani is populated by four ethnic Georgians.
Population community (temi) Akhkerpi | ||||||||||||||||||
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2002 [8] | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
Akhkerpi (temi) | 977 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Akhkerpi | 742 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Chanakhchi | 235 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Verkhviani [3] | 0 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Data: Census 2002 and 2014 [1] Note: [8] |
Several religious-cultural monuments can be found near Akhkerpi, two of which are located in the border area with Armenia and are claimed by both countries. This has led to border disputes in the past. [10] [6]
Akhkerpi is relatively isolated, at the end of the route of domestic importance Sh37 from Sadakhlo, the village's only link with the rest of Georgia. This road ends at the Armenian border and continues from there H34 (Հ34) to Privolnoye and Stepanavan. It is Georgia's smallest and least used border crossing, with 133 arriving (foreign) travelers in 2019. [5]
Akhkerpi
ახკერპი | |
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Coordinates: 41°13′09″N 44°34′35″E / 41.21917°N 44.57639°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Mkhare | Kvemo Kartli |
Municipality | Marneuli |
Elevation | 1,007 m (3,304 ft) |
Population (2014)
[1] | |
• Total | 610 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Akhkerpi ( Georgian: ახკერპი) is a village in Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli region, located in the extreme southwestern part of Marneuli Municipality at the border with Armenia. The village is about 34 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of the municipal center Marneuli and 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of capital Tbilisi. Achkerpi is the center of the eponymous administrative community (თემი, temi) that includes the nearby villages of Chanakhchi and Verkhviani. [3] [4] Achkerpi has a vehicular border crossing with Armenia, which is the least used border checkpoint in Georgia with 133 incoming foreign travellers in 2019. [5]
In the border area with Armenia a few religious-cultural heritage sites are claimed by both countries, which has led to friction between the Georgian and Armenian churches. [6]
According to the last census of 2014, the village of Achkerpi had 610 residents. [1] Two of the three villages that make up the administrative Achkerpi community are mono-ethnic Armenian except for a few Georgians. [7] The settlement of Verkhviani is populated by four ethnic Georgians.
Population community (temi) Akhkerpi | ||||||||||||||||||
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2002 [8] | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
Akhkerpi (temi) | 977 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Akhkerpi | 742 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Chanakhchi | 235 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Verkhviani [3] | 0 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Data: Census 2002 and 2014 [1] Note: [8] |
Several religious-cultural monuments can be found near Akhkerpi, two of which are located in the border area with Armenia and are claimed by both countries. This has led to border disputes in the past. [10] [6]
Akhkerpi is relatively isolated, at the end of the route of domestic importance Sh37 from Sadakhlo, the village's only link with the rest of Georgia. This road ends at the Armenian border and continues from there H34 (Հ34) to Privolnoye and Stepanavan. It is Georgia's smallest and least used border crossing, with 133 arriving (foreign) travelers in 2019. [5]