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Eastern Georgia commonly refers to the east
East

East is a Direction in geography. It is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points, opposite of west and at right angles to north and south....
ern part of the nation of Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
, which in historic times included the kingdom of Iberia
Caucasian Iberia

Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Ancient Greece and Roman Empire to the ancient Georgia kingdom of Kartli corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia....
 in the Caucasus
Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
. The present-day term refers to the territory of Georgia which lies to the east and south of the Likhi and Meskheti
Meskheti Range

Meskheti Range is a part of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range in southwestern Georgia .The length of the range is 150 km and the highest point is Mount Mepistskharo at an elevation of 2,850 meters above sea level....
 Ranges, but excludes the region of Ajaria.






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Eastern Georgia
Eastern Georgia commonly refers to the east
East

East is a Direction in geography. It is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points, opposite of west and at right angles to north and south....
ern part of the nation of Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
, which in historic times included the kingdom of Iberia
Caucasian Iberia

Iberia , also known as Iveria , was a name given by the ancient Ancient Greece and Roman Empire to the ancient Georgia kingdom of Kartli corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia....
 in the Caucasus
Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
. The present-day term refers to the territory of Georgia which lies to the east and south of the Likhi and Meskheti
Meskheti Range

Meskheti Range is a part of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range in southwestern Georgia .The length of the range is 150 km and the highest point is Mount Mepistskharo at an elevation of 2,850 meters above sea level....
 Ranges, but excludes the region of Ajaria. Eastern Georgia includes the historic Georgian provinces of Samtskhe-Javakheti
Samtskhe-Javakheti

Meskheti-Javakheti is a region in southern Georgia , with Akhaltsikhe as its capital. Samtskhe-Javakheti comprises six administrative districts: Akhaltsikhe, Adigeni, Aspindza, Borjomi, Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda....
, Kartli
Kartli

Kartli is the largest and most populated province of Eastern Georgia . It includes the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and two other major cities, Gori and Rustavi....
, Kakheti
Kakheti

Kakheti is a province in Eastern Georgia . It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and mountain-range of Greater Caucasus to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and the south, and the Georgian province of Kartli to the west....
, Pshavi
Pshavi

Pshavi is a small historic-geographic area in Georgia , included in today?s Mtskheta-Mtianeti mkhare and laying chiefly on the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains along Aragvi River and the lower Iori River....
, Mtiuleti
Mtiuleti

Mtiuleti is a historical province in eastern Georgia, on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. It primarily comprises the White Aragvi Valley, and is bordered by Gudamakari on the east, Khando on the south, Tskhrazma on the west, and Khevi on the north....
, Tusheti
Tusheti

Tusheti, or Tushetia, is a historic region in northeast Georgia ....
, Khevsureti
Khevsureti

Khevsureti is a historical-ethnographic region in eastern Georgia . They are the branch of Kartvelian people located along both the northern and southern slopes of the Great Caucasus Mountains....
, Khevi
Khevi

Khevi is a small historical-geographic area in northeastern Georgia . It is included in the modern-day Kazbegi district, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region ....
 as well as the capital city of Tbilisi
Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
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