Kartsakhi

Kartsakhi (Georgian: კარწახი) is a village in Akhalkalaki Municipality, Samtskhe–Javakheti, Georgia. It is located on the bank of Kartsakhi Lake, the second largest lake in the country.

Kartsakhi

კარწახი
Kartsakhi
Kartsakhi
Coordinates: 41°14′38.7″N 43°16′22.8″E
CountryGeorgia
MkhareSamtskhe–Javakheti
districtAkhalkalaki Municipality
Population
 (2014)
776
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)

The village is located on the road connecting Akhalkalaki to the border with Turkey. The Karcachi railway station is the last stop on the Georgian side of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway.[1][2]

Near the village there is the Kartsakhi nature reserve.[3]

Notable people

Monument to Jivani in Kartsakh

Notes

  1. "Marabda-Kartsakhi Railway", www.mkrailway.ge, retrieved 2017-02-08
  2. Kolej, która omija Rosję i jej sojusznika (in Polish), retrieved 2017-10-31
  3. Caucasus Ecoregion Newsletter (PDF), p. 5
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