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Georgia's ancient capital and spiritual heart with the UNESCO-listed Jvari Monastery and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, where Christianity was adopted in 337 CE.
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Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia · Asia
Tianeti sits on the route: 20 minutes from Zhinvali, 48km from Georgian Military Highway.
Tianeti is a town located in Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia. With a population of 3,549, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Tianeti sits in Georgia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Asia/Tbilisi time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Tianeti to your route.
Tianeti is a townlet in east-central Georgia, in the Caucasus Mountains. Tianeti is the administrative center of Municipality of Tianeti, which also comprises the town of Sioni and 43 neighbouring villages (total area – 907 km2; population – 9,468, 2014 census). It was known as Tionets during the Russian Empire's ruleRead more
and was the administrative center of the Tianeti Uyezd of the Tiflis Governorate.
Tianeti is situated in the North-Eastern part of Georgia (Mtskheta-Mtianeti region). According to the 2014 State Census, its population was 2,479 people. As studies conducted in 2003 on poverty in Georgia suggest, the Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region, and the Tianeti district in particular, are among the poorest regions and districts of Georgia. In 2003, 63% of Tianeti's population was below the poverty line, compared to 47% of the Georgian population (Labbate, Jamburia, Mirzashvili, 2003: 21).
According to the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, as of November 2008, 14% of Tianeti families were receiving social assistance in December 2008, compared to 8% countrywide.
During the Soviet times, Tianeti was a district (‘rayon’) centre. Several food processing enterprises, factories, as well as poultry and meat producing farms were functioning in the district, providing employment opportunities for the local population (Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia 1979: pp. 678–679). Soviet cultural, medical and educational infrastructure was also developed there.
In 2008, Tianeti was still the centre of the municipality (which is the contemporary analogue to the Soviet-era term ‘rayon’) with two secondary schools, two kindergartens, a vocational school, library, hospital and ethnographic museum. A municipal governance office, post office, and police station are also located in Tianeti. One of the Georgian banks has an office in Tianeti. There is a farmer's market, where most of the population purchases food, and several private grocery stores. None of the factories and farms that operated during the Soviet time are working today, and no new enterprises have been established. A small part of the population works at state institutions (so called “budget jobs”: schools, hospital, local self-governance, postal office, etc.). Products and/or income from subsistence farming contribute to a significant share of the local economy. However, Tianeti has a shortage of arable land (Labbate, Jamburia, Mirzashvili, 2003:21). In addition, the climate is quite severe. Thus, the population is sometimes unable to harvest crops before winter.
Adapted from: Tamar Zurabishvili, Tinatin Zurabishvili. 2012. Remittances in Provincial Georgia: The Case of Daba Tianeti. In: Migrant Marginality: A Transnational Perspective. Routledge.
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Tianeti is located in Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia, Asia. The coordinates are 42.1099 latitude, 44.9678 longitude.
Tianeti has a population of approximately 3,549 people, making it a town in Georgia.
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Georgia's ancient capital and spiritual heart with the UNESCO-listed Jvari Monastery and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, where Christianity was adopted in 337 CE.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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A 6th-century Georgian Orthodox monastery perched on a hilltop overlooking the confluence of two rivers near the ancient capital.
36 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
One of Europe's most isolated inhabited regions, a remote mountain area accessible only by a hair-raising dirt road over a 2,900-meter pass in summer.
41 km · about 45 min drive
famous road
A spectacular mountain road crossing the Greater Caucasus between Tbilisi and Vladikavkaz through dramatic gorges and passes.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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A charming maze of cobblestone streets with leaning wooden balconies, sulfur bathhouses, and the ancient Narikala Fortress overlooking the Mtkvari River.
49 km · about 55 min drive
mountain pass
Georgia's highest drivable pass at 2,826 m, a vertiginous unpaved climb on the Pshaveli–Omalo road into Tusheti: routinely ranked among the world's most dangerous and most beautiful drives.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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