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Samshvilde

Western Asia

Samshvilde is a ruined fortified city and archaeological site in southern Georgia, near the modern village of the same name in Tetritsqaro Municipality in the Kvemo Kartli region. Its mostly medieval ruins stretch 2.5 kilometers in length and 400 meters in width along the Khrami river valley, and include the Samshvilde Sioni church and a citadel built on a rocky river promontory.

Facts
Founding Year
3rd century BCE 1
Latitude
41.507222 degrees north 2
Longitude
44.505556 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Sources
1. Wikidata: Samshvilde
  • Wikidata Q12868759, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q12868759 P571
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2. Samshvilde (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 41.507222, longitude 44.505556
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 41.5072,44.5056
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 782.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.75, 44.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.75, 44.75
41.75 44.75 Cfa
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