Mtskheta
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Mtskheta is an ancient town in central Georgia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned as one of the country’s oldest continuously inhabited cities and a historic center of Georgian Christianity.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mtskheta canonical | 40 |
| Mtskheta Municipality | 5 |
| Mtskheta Municipal Government | 1 |
| Mtskheta is an ancient capital of the Kingdom of Iberia | 1 |
| town of Mtskheta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T665643 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Mtskheta Context triple: [Mtkvari River, flowsThrough, Mtskheta]
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A.
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the largest city and cultural, political, and economic center of Georgia, located on the banks of the Kura River in the South Caucasus.
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B.
Rustavi
Rustavi is an industrial city in southeastern Georgia, located near the capital Tbilisi and known for its steel production and Soviet-era urban planning.
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C.
Batumi
Batumi is a major Black Sea resort city in southwestern Georgia known for its beaches, modern skyline, and role as a regional economic and cultural hub.
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D.
Vanadzor
Vanadzor is the third-largest city of Armenia, known as an industrial and cultural center in the country's northern Lori Province.
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E.
city of Gori
The city of Gori is a historic urban center in eastern Georgia, known as the birthplace of Joseph Stalin and for its strategic location at the confluence of major transit routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mtskheta Target entity description: Mtskheta is an ancient town in central Georgia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned as one of the country’s oldest continuously inhabited cities and a historic center of Georgian Christianity.
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A.
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the largest city and cultural, political, and economic center of Georgia, located on the banks of the Kura River in the South Caucasus.
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B.
Rustavi
Rustavi is an industrial city in southeastern Georgia, located near the capital Tbilisi and known for its steel production and Soviet-era urban planning.
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C.
Batumi
Batumi is a major Black Sea resort city in southwestern Georgia known for its beaches, modern skyline, and role as a regional economic and cultural hub.
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D.
Vanadzor
Vanadzor is the third-largest city of Armenia, known as an industrial and cultural center in the country's northern Lori Province.
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E.
city of Gori
The city of Gori is a historic urban center in eastern Georgia, known as the birthplace of Joseph Stalin and for its strategic location at the confluence of major transit routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
city ⓘ town ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Mtskheta
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mtskheta Municipality
|
| contains |
Armaztsikhe archaeological site
ⓘ
Jvari Monastery ⓘ Samtavro Monastery ⓘ Svetitskhoveli Cathedral ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 41.845 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 44.718 ⓘ |
| country | Georgia ⓘ |
| distanceFromTbilisi | about 20 km ⓘ |
| formerCapitalOf | Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Mtskheta
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mtskheta Municipal Government
|
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageThreat |
environmental factors
ⓘ
urban development pressure ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Kartli ⓘ |
| inhabitedSince | at least early 1st millennium BC ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeological sites
ⓘ
medieval Christian churches ⓘ pilgrimage tourism ⓘ traditional Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Georgian language
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surface form:
Georgian
|
| locatedIn |
Mtskheta
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mtskheta Municipality
Mtskheta-Mtianeti ⓘ
surface form:
Mtskheta-Mtianeti region
central Georgia ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
Aragvi River
ⓘ
Kura River ⓘ |
| near | Tbilisi ⓘ |
| partOf |
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
ⓘ
Silk Road cultural sphere ⓘ
surface form:
Silk Road cultural area
|
| population | approximately 7,000 ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Georgian national heritage laws ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
historic center of Georgian Christianity
ⓘ
one of the oldest Christian centers in the Caucasus ⓘ |
| seatOf | Georgian Orthodox Church in early centuries ⓘ |
| timeZone | Georgia Standard Time ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
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religious tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(ii)
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(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1994 ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +4 ⓘ |
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Subject: Mtskheta Description of subject: Mtskheta is an ancient town in central Georgia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned as one of the country’s oldest continuously inhabited cities and a historic center of Georgian Christianity.
Referenced by (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.