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Akhkerpi
ახკერპი | |
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  Akhkerpi Location of Akhkerpi in Georgia  Akhkerpi Akhkerpi (Kvemo Kartli) | |
| Coordinates: 41°13′09″N 44°34′35″E / 41.21917°N 44.57639°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Mkhare | Kvemo Kartli |
| Municipality | Marneuli |
| Elevation | 1,007 m (3,304 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 610 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Akhkerpi (Georgian: ახკერპი) is a village in Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli region, located in the extreme southwestern part of Marneuli Municipality at the border with Armenia. The village is about 34 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of the municipal center Marneuli and 56 kilometres (35 mi) south of capital Tbilisi. Achkerpi is the center of the eponymous administrative community (თემი, temi) that includes the nearby villages of Chanakhchi and Verkhviani.[3][4] Achkerpi has a vehicular border crossing with Armenia, which is the least used border checkpoint in Georgia with 133 incoming foreign travellers in 2019.[5]
In the border area with Armenia a few religious-cultural heritage sites are claimed by both countries, which has led to friction between the Georgian and Armenian churches.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
census2002-2014was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "On determining the names of geographical objects located within the administrative boundaries of Marneuli Municipality" (in Georgian). The Legislative Herald of Georgia. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ Until 21 May 2019 the village was called Ulyanovka (ულიანოვკა).[2]
- ^ "Main Results of the 2014 Census (Publication)" (PDF). Census.ge, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) (in Georgian). 2016-04-28. p. 343. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
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tourism2019was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Armenia: Property Disputes Fueling Church Tension between Yerevan and Tbilisi". Eurasianet. 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2022-03-25.