Duisi Explained

Official Name:	Duisi
Native Name:	Georgian: დუისი, ce\|Дуй-Юрт
Pushpin Map:	Georgia (country)
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Georgia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name:	Georgia
Subdivision Name1:	Kakheti
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Akhmeta
Established Title:	village
Population As Of:	2014
Population Total:	2354
Utc Offset:	+4
Coordinates:	42.1456°N 45.2939°W
Elevation M:	640
Postal Code:	0901
Area Code:	+995

Duisi (Georgian: დუისი, ce|Дуй-Юрт|Dui-Yurt^[1]) is a village in Akhmeta Municipality, Georgia. It is situated in the Pankisi Gorge, on the banks of the Alazani river. It is located 640 meters above sea level and 17 kilometers from the city of Akhmeta. In 2014, according to census data, there were 2354 people living in the village, of whom 2206 (93.71%) were Kists.^[2]

Notable people

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili (1979–2019), Georgian Chechen soldier and alleged war criminal

References

Web site: НУХАЖИЕВ Н. С. УМХАЕВ Х. С. В ПОИСКАХ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ . 2019-04-14 . 2016-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305131459/http://www.chechenombudsman.ru/downloads/kniga-v-poiskah-nacionalnoy-identichnosti.pdf . dead .
Web site: Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014 .

(in Georgian) მოსახლეობის 2014 წლის საწყველთაო აღწერა (Population Census of 2014) . საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური (ნოემბერი 2014). Access date: 12 February 2018.

Bibliography

(in Georgian) ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია (Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia), vol. 3, pg. 650, Tbilisi, 1978.