Gori, Georgie

Gori () is a ceety in eastren Georgie, which serves as the regional caipital o Shida Kartli an the centre o the homonymous admeenistrative destrict. The name is frae Georgie gora (გორა), that is, "heap", or "hill".E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 121. As o 2014, it haed a population o 48,143.

Gori wis a important militar stranghauld in the Middle Ages an maintains a strategic importance due tae its location on the principal heich-gate connectin eastren an wastren pairts o Georgie. In the course o its history, Gori haes been invadit bi the airmies o regional pouers several times. The ceety wis occupeed bi Roushie troops durin the Roushie-Georgie War.

Gori is kent as the birthplace o the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin an ballistic missile designer Alexander Nadiradze an aw.

Geografie an climate
Gori is locatit  wast o Georgie's caipital Tbilisi, at the confluence o the rivers Mtkvari an Greater Liakhvi,  abuin sea level. The climate is transitional frae moderately warm steppe tae moderately humid. Simmer is uisually hot. The average annual temperatur is , minimal in Januar () an maximal in August (). The maximum precipitation faws in Mey () an minimum in August () an Januar ().

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