Gveleti
Gveleti is a village in the Kazbegi Municipality of Georgia. It is located in the Darial Gorge, on the right bank of the Devdaraki, 4 km from the border with Russia. Gelatĕ was founded by the Ingush clan Gelatkhoy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: პაატა შ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 1 residents
- Description: village in Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia
- Also known as: “გველეთი”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Darial Gorge and Dariali HPP.
Darial Gorge
Gorge
The Darial Gorge is a river gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia. It is at the east base of Mount Kazbek, south of present-day Vladikavkaz. The gorge was carved by the river Terek, and is approximately 13 kilometres long. Darial Gorge is situated 3 km north of Gveleti.
Dariali HPP
Industrial building
Photo: Karel61, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dariali Hydropower Plant, referred to as Dariali HPP, is a 108 MW run-of-the-river hydropower plant built in 2017 in Georgia. It is located on the Tergi River in Kazbegi Municipality, at less than 1 km from the Russian-Georgian border, 160 km far from Tbilisi. Dariali HPP is situated 2½ km north of Gveleti.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tsdo and Kazbegi.
Kazbegi
Photo: MaxBenidze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stepantsminda is a town in the north of Georgia, popular for the trekking opportunities in the visually spectacular surrounding mountains, its views of the mighty Mount Kazbeg, and for the beautiful view from the town of the Holy Trinity Church outlined against Mount Kazbeg itself.
Verkhniy Lars
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Verkhniy Lars is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km north of Gveleti.
Gveleti
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.70855° or 42° 42′ 31″ northLongitude
44.62418° or 44° 37′ 27″ eastPopulation
1Elevation
1,490 metres (4,888 feet)Open location code
8HJ6PJ5F+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 430591137OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
614324Wikidata ID
Q12863138
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Gveleti” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գվելեթի (Ղազբեգի շրջան)”
- Armenian: “Գվելեթի”
- Chechen: “ГелатӀе (Казбегин муниципалитет)”
- Chechen: “ГелатӀе”
- Georgian: “გველეთი (ყაზბეგის მუნიციპალიტეტი)”
- Georgian: “გველეთი”
- German: “Gveleti”
- Irish: “Gveleti”
- Japanese: “グヴェレティ”
- Japanese: “クヴェレティ村”
- Korean: “그벨레티”
- Ossetian: “Голет”
- Ossetian: “Гуелет”
- Polish: “Gveleti”
- Russian: “Гвелети (Казбегский муниципалитет)”
- Russian: “Гвелети”
- Slovak: “Gveleti”
- Ukrainian: “Гвелеті”
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Notable Places Nearby
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