Abanoskhevi (Georgian: აბანოსხევი) is a village in Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, Georgia. It is part of the Lapanaantkari commune, Dusheti municipality, with the population of 399, mostly (99%) ethnic Georgians, as of the 2014 census.[1][2]
Abanoskhevi
აბანოსხევი | |
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.jpg) River Abanoskhevi | |
  Abanoskhevi Location in Georgia  Abanoskhevi Abanoskhevi (Georgia) | |
| Coordinates: 42°1′35″N 44°45′53″E / 42.02639°N 44.76472°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Region | Mtskheta-Mtianeti |
| Municipality | Dusheti |
| Elevation | 580 m (1,900 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 399 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Abanoskhevi is located on both banks of the Abanoskhevi river, a left tributary of the Aragvi, at 580 meters above sea level, 13 km. southeast of the town of Dusheti. The earliest archaeologically confirmed traces of human habitat on modern Abanoskhevi's territory date back to the Neolithic era, c. 4,000 BC.[3]
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edit- ^ "მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერა 2014". საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური. November 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014
- ^ Nazarova, A.F.; Alkhutov, S.M. (2008), "Anthropology and Genetics of the Caucasus Peoples and the Problem of the Origin of the Caucasoids", p. 56. Anthropologischer Anzeiger, Vol. 66, No. 1.
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