Georgia
Samtskhe-Javakheti
Akhaltsikhe Municipality

Akhaltsikhe

Akhaltsikhe is a small city of about 18,000 people and the capital of . It's a rather sleepy town, but its Old City and Old Turkish baths are worth a visit, and it's a great base for exploring the surrounding areas, including Sapara Monastery in the immediate vicinity and to the south with Khertvisi and Tmogvi Fortresses along the way.
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  • Type: Town with 17,400 residents
  • Description: town in Georgia
  • Also known as: “Akhalts’ikhe”, “Akhaltsikh”, “Akhaltsykha”, “Akhaltsykhe”, “Axalcʻixe”, and “Lomsia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Samtskhe-Javakheti History Museum named after Ivane Javakhishvili and Ahmediyye Mosque.

Museum
Photo: bergie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Samtskhe–Javakheti History Museum is a in Akhaltsikhe, , , founded in 1923. In its current renovated form, the museum was opened in 2012 as part of the network.

Photo: Kober, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Akhaltsikhe

Latitude
41.6395° or 41° 38′ 22″ north
Longitude
42.9859° or 42° 59′ 9″ east
Population
17,400
Elevation
984 metres (3,228 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GE ASE
Open location code
8HH4JXQP+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 218370088
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
615860
Wiki­data ID
Q212546
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Akhaltsikhe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آخالتسيخه”
  • Arabic: “أخالتسيخ”
  • Armenian: “Ախալցիխ”
  • Armenian: “Ախալցիխե”
  • Armenian: “Ախալցխա”
  • Asturian: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Avaric: “Ахалсихъ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Axalsıx”
  • Azerbaijani: “Axaltsixe”
  • Azerbaijani: “Axısqa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Axısxa”
  • Basque: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Belarusian: “Ахалцыхе”
  • Belarusian: “Ахалцыхэ”
  • Bulgarian: “Ахалцихе”
  • Catalan: “Ahıska”
  • Catalan: “Akhal Tsikhe”
  • Catalan: “Akhal Tsikhé”
  • Catalan: “Akhalsikhe”
  • Catalan: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Catalan: “Akhaltsikhé”
  • Catalan: “Akhaltskha”
  • Catalan: “Akhaltzikhe”
  • Catalan: “Akhaltzikhé”
  • Catalan: “Akhiskha”
  • Cebuano: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Chechen: “Ахалцихе”
  • Chinese: “阿哈尔齐赫”
  • Chinese: “阿哈爾齊赫”
  • Croatian: “Ahalcihe”
  • Czech: “Achalciche”
  • Czech: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ahıska”
  • Dutch: “Achaltsiche”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آخالتسيخه”
  • Esperanto: “Aĥalciĥo”
  • Estonian: “Ahhaltsihhe”
  • Finnish: “Ahaltsihe”
  • Finnish: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • French: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • French: “Akhaltsikhé”
  • Galician: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Georgian: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Georgian: “ახალციხე”
  • Georgian: “ლომსია”
  • German: “Achaltsiche”
  • German: “Achalziche”
  • German: “Achalzik”
  • German: “Achalzych”
  • German: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Greek: “Αχαλτσίχ”
  • Greek: “Αχαλτσίχε”
  • Hebrew: “אהיסקה”
  • Hebrew: “אחאלציחה”
  • Hebrew: “אחאלציך”
  • Hebrew: “אחזיקא”
  • Hebrew: “אחיסקה”
  • Hebrew: “אחלציחה”
  • Hebrew: “אכיסכא”
  • Hebrew: “לומסיה”
  • Indonesian: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Italian: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Japanese: “アハルチヘ”
  • Japanese: “アハルツィヘ”
  • Japanese: “アフスカ”
  • Komi: “Ахалцихе”
  • Korean: “아칼트시케”
  • Korean: “아할치헤”
  • Latvian: “Ahalcihe”
  • Lithuanian: “Achalcichė”
  • Macedonian: “Ахалцихе”
  • Malayalam: “അഖൽറ്റ്സിഖെ”
  • Mazanderani: “آخالت سیکه”
  • Mingrelian: “ახალციხე”
  • Moksha: “Ахалцихэ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Achaltsiche (Steed)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Achaltsiche”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Ossetian: “Ахалцихе”
  • Persian: “آخالتسیخه”
  • Persian: “اخالتسیخه”
  • Polish: “Achalciche”
  • Polish: “Achalcyche”
  • Polish: “Achałcyche”
  • Polish: “Achaltsiche”
  • Romanian: “Ahalțihe”
  • Romanian: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Russian: “Ахалцих”
  • Russian: “Ахалцихе”
  • Russian: “Ахалцихэ”
  • Russian: “Ахалцха”
  • Russian: “Ахалцых”
  • Scots: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Serbian: “Ahalcihe”
  • Serbian: “Ахалцихе”
  • Serbian: “ახალციხე”
  • Slovenian: “Ahalcihe”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آخیسقا”
  • Spanish: “Ajaltsije”
  • Spanish: “Lomsia”
  • Swedish: “Achaltsiche”
  • Swedish: “Achalzik”
  • Swedish: “Lomsia”
  • Thai: “อาฆัลท์ซีเฆ”
  • Turkish: “Ahaltsihe”
  • Turkish: “Ahıska.”
  • Turkish: “Ahıska”
  • Ukrainian: “Ахалцихе”
  • Ukrainian: “Ахалціхе”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Achalciche”
  • Urdu: “آخالتسیخہ”
  • Urdu: “آخالتسیخے”
  • Uzbek: “Axalsixe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Welsh: “Akhaltsikhe”
  • Western Armenian: “Ախալցխա”

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