Kobi (village)

Kobi
კობი
Kobi
კობი
Location of Kobi in Georgia
Kobi
კობი
Kobi
კობი (Mtskheta-Mtianeti)
Coordinates: 42°33′34″N 44°30′43″E / 42.55944°N 44.51194°E / 42.55944; 44.51194Coordinates: 42°33′34″N 44°30′43″E / 42.55944°N 44.51194°E / 42.55944; 44.51194
Country  Georgia
Mkhare Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Municipality Kazbegi
Elevation 1,970 m (6,460 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
  Total 3
Time zone UTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Kobi (Georgian: კობი, Ossetian: Къоб) is a village in the historical region of Khevi, Georgia. Administratively, it is part of the Kazbegi Municipality in Mtskheta-Mtianeti. It is a community center of Truso Valley villages. Distance to the municipality center Stepantsminda is 20 km.

Kobi is a birthplace of Vaso Abaev, a well known Soviet Iranist of Ossetian descent.

Sources

  • Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V. 5, p. 566, Tbilisi, 1980 year.

References

  1. "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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