Duisi (Georgian: დუისი, Chechen: Дуй-Юрт, romanized: Dui-Yurt[1]) is a village in Akhmeta Municipality, Georgia. It is situated in the Pankisi Gorge, on the banks of the Alazani river. It is located 640 meters above sea level and 17 kilometers from the city of Akhmeta. In 2014, according to census data, there were 2354 people living in the village, of whom 2206 (93.71%) were Kists.[2]
Duisi is home to a number of monuments and landmark buildings, including the Amphitheatre and the Old Mosque. The Old Mosque was first completed in 1901 and renovated in 2021.[3]
Notable people
- Zelimkhan Khangoshvili (1979–2019), Chechen soldier
References
- ^ "НУХАЖИЕВ Н. С. УМХАЕВ Х. С. В ПОИСКАХ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ^ "Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014".
- ^ "TİKA Renovated the Duisi Mosque in Georgia - TİKA". TİKA. Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- (in Georgian) მოსახლეობის 2014 წლის საწყველთაო აღწერა (Population Census of 2014) Archived 2019-05-26 at the Wayback Machine. საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური (ნოემბერი 2014). Access date: 12 February 2018.
Bibliography
(in Georgian) ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია (Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia), vol. 3, pg. 650, Tbilisi, 1978.
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