Şavşat
Şavşat is a town in Artvin Province in the Black Sea region, between the cities of Artvin and Kars on the border with Georgia at the far eastern end of Turkey. It is the seat of Şavşat District. Its population is 6,048.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 6,050 residents
- Description: district and town in Artvin Province, Turkey
- Also known as: “Şavşet”, “Şavşeti”, and “Yeniköy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Şavşat Castle.
Şavşat Castle
Castle
Photo: Sairzamanlar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Şavşat Castle or Satle Castle is a castle in Şavşat district in Artvin Province in Turkey. The castle was built during the Georgian Bagrationi kingdom in the 9th century. Şavşat Castle is situated 2½ km west of Şavşat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elmalı and Kurudere.
Elmalı
Village
Elmalı is a village in the Şavşat District, Artvin Province, Turkey. Its population is 98.
Kurudere
Village
Kurudere is a village in the Şavşat District, Artvin Province, Turkey. Its population is 115. Kurudere is situated 3 km northwest of Şavşat.
Yavuzköy
Village
Photo: Mustafa Orhon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yavuzköy is a village in the Şavşat District, Artvin Province, Turkey. Its population is 454. Yavuzköy is situated 3½ km southeast of Şavşat.
Şavşat
- Category: locality
- Location: Şavşat İlçesi, Artvin Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
41.25249° or 41° 15′ 9″ northLongitude
42.35689° or 42° 21′ 25″ eastPopulation
6,050Elevation
1,128 metres (3,701 feet)Open location code
8HH47924+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 27018246OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
739950Wikidata ID
Q388603
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Şavşat” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شفشات”
- Arabic: “شوشت”
- Arabic: “شَوْشَت”
- Armenian: “Շավշատ”
- Asturian: “Şavşat (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Şavşat”
- Azerbaijani: “Şavşat”
- Catalan: “Şavşat”
- Catalan: “Shavsètia”
- Catalan: “Shavshètia”
- Catalan: “Txavtxètia”
- Cebuano: “Şavşat”
- Chechen: “Шавшат”
- Chinese: “Şavşat”
- Dimli (individual language): “Şavşat”
- Dutch: “Savsat”
- Dutch: “Şavşat”
- Esperanto: “Şavşat”
- Finnish: “Şavşat”
- French: “Şavşat”
- Georgian: “შავშეთი”
- German: “Savsat”
- German: “Şavşat”
- Irish: “Şavşat”
- Italian: “Şavşat”
- Malay: “Şavşat”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Şavşat”
- Mingrelian: “შავშეთი (ნოღა)”
- Mingrelian: “შავშეთი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Şavşat”
- Norwegian: “Şavşat”
- Persian: “شاوشات”
- Russian: “Шавшат”
- Serbian: “Шавшат”
- Silesian: “Şavşat”
- Spanish: “Şavşat”
- Swahili: “Şavşat”
- Tatar: “Шавшат”
- Turkish: “Şavşat, Artvin”
- Turkish: “Şavşat”
- Ukrainian: “Шавшат”
- Urdu: “شاوشات”
- Vietnamese: “Şavşat”
- Western Armenian: “Շաւշաթ”
- Western Mari: “Шавшат”
- “Şavşat”
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