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Akhaltsikhe

town in Georgia
City city Q212546

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
city, populated place in Georgia[5]
Inception
1200[10]
Official website
akhaltsikhe.gov.ge[11]
Native label
ახალციხე[37]
Official name
ახალციხე, Axalsıx, Axaltsixe, Ахалцих[35][36]

Location

Country
Georgia, Georgian SSR, Democratic Republic of Georgia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 41.639°, 42.986°
Located in or next to body of water
Posof Çayı[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Akhaltsikhe Uyezd[2]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+1029[38]
Population
22k (10k–25k, n=20)[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 16,425 · 17,903 · 16,955 · 15,357 · 10,153 GeoNames 17,445 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Postal code
0800[9]
More facts +4
Capital of
Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Samtskhe–Javakheti, Akhaltsikhe Uyezd[33][34]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
Official language
Georgian[6]
Twinned administrative body
Ardahan, Artvin[7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lomsia en Akhaltsikhe en Axalcʻixe ar آخالتسيخه ar أخالتسيخ cs Akhaltsikhe cs Achalciche de Achalzych de Akhaltsikhe de Achalziche de Achaltsiche de Achalzik el Αχαλτσίχ es Ajaltsije es Lomsia fa آخالتسیخه fa اخالتسیخه fi Ahaltsihe fr Akhaltsikhé he אהיסקה
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
152594682
Library of Congress authority ID
n93100797
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rabati, Akhaltsikhe Fortress Museum 13.JPG ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
50978
Armeniapedia ID
4780, 3130
BHCL UUID
54ab57d5-6d10-43d2-a832-235b4ff37907
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
155676338
FAST ID
1320728
Freebase ID
/m/03yklx
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2325896
GeoNames ID
615860
Jewish Encyclopedia ID
1028
Show all 22 identifiers +10
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
2837
Lex ID
Akhal'tsikhe
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007530906105171
SNARC ID
Nienstedten
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
ahiska
Topic's main category
Category:Akhaltsikhe
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
achalciche
Who's on First ID
421192433
Wikimapia ID
5336584
Yale LUX ID
place/aebe9095-c2df-4fa8-9f09-34b387f0bfa5

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🔗 Connections
People born here 27
Lusine Zakaryan, Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian, Hovhannes Katchaznouni, Stepan Malkhasyants, Hakob Manandyan, Vardges Sureniants, Lasha Totadze, Michel Tamarati +19 more
Contained subdivisions 5
Rabati Castle, Agara monastery, Akhaltsikhe Museum, Ahmadiyya Mosque, Akhaltsikhe synagogue
Country 5
Georgia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Georgian SSR, Democratic Republic of Georgia
← Capital 4
Samtskhe–Javakheti, Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Samtskhe atabegate, Akhaltsikhe Uyezd
Capital of 3
Samtskhe–Javakheti, Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Akhaltsikhe Uyezd
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Located in this place 3
Sapara Monastery, Battle of Akhaltsikhe, Battle of Akhalzic
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Akhaltsikhe Municipality, Akhaltsikhe Uyezd
People who died here 2
David II of Imereti, Otar Lordkipanidze
Twinned administrative body 2
Ardahan, Artvin
← Category combines topics 2
Category:Births in Akhaltsikhe, Category:People from Akhaltsikhe
← Headquarters location 2
FC Meskheti Akhaltsikhe, Eparchy of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti
← Twinned administrative body 2
Ardahan, Artvin
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Akhaltsikhe
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Akhaltsikhe
Instance of 1
city
Located in or next to body of water 1
Posof Çayı
Located in time zone 1
UTC+04:00
Official language 1
Georgian
Residents 1
Vahram Gayfejian
SNARC ID 1
Nienstedten
Topic's main category 1
Category:Akhaltsikhe
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Akhaltsikhe
← FactGrid item ID 1
Rowberrow
← Terminus location 1
S11 highway
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Summary

Akhaltsikhe is a city[1].

Related Entities

Artvin city Democratic Republic of Georgia Georgia Georgian SSR Lusine Zakaryan Russian Empire

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . Georgian Post. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . geostat.ge. geostat.ge. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . pop-stat.mashke.org. pop-stat.mashke.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] ↑ . pop-stat.mashke.org. pop-stat.mashke.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . matsne.gov.ge. Retrieved . matsne.gov.ge. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 15w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 41.638889, 'lon': 42.986111}
    FAST ID → 1320728
    Category for people born here → —
    GeoNames ID → 615860
    + 88 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish Encyclopedia ID: 1028, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167474196|AKHALTZYK (#167474196)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]]"
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