Svaneti

Svaneti (???????. Also known as Svanetia or Svania in Russian and Western languages) is a historic province in Georgia, in the northwestern part of the country. It?s inhabited by the Svans (??????? in Georgian), ethnographic group of the Georgian people.

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Surrounded by 3,000-5,000 m peaks (the Lahil, the Tetnuldi, the Ushba, the Shkhara, the Ayalam, and the Rustaveli Peak), Svaneti is the highest inhabited area in Europe.

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Situated on the southern slopes of the central Greater Caucasus, the province extends over the upper valleys of the Rioni, Enguri and Tskhenistskali. The province consists of two parts, Zemo Svaneti (Upper Svaneti; the present day Mestia Raioni) and Kvemo Svaneti (Lower Svaneti; the present day Lentekhi Raioni) incorporated into the present day regions of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Racha-Lechkhumi & Kvemo Svaneti respectively. Historical Svaneti also included the Kodori Gorge in the adjoining rebel province of Abkhazia, and part of the adjacent river valleys of Kuban and Baksan of Russia.

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