Kvaisa

Coordinates: 42°31′22.04″N 43°38′22.04″E / 42.5227889°N 43.6394556°E / 42.5227889; 43.6394556

Kvaisa

Kvaisa in Georgia

Kvaisa

Kvaisa in South Ossetia

Kvaisi or Kvaisa (Georgian: კვაისა, Ossetian: Къуайса Qwaysa) is an urban-type settlement in the Oni Municipality of Georgia. According to the official subdivision of Georgia it is in the Oni district of the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region of Georgia.

Settlement is located on the river Dzhedzhora (which is a tributary of Rioni river) on the slopes if Racha mountain ridge, 60 km north-west of Tskhinvali and 20 km from Oni.

Lead and zinc deposits are located near the city and in the Soviet times an ore mining and processing enterprise and hydroelectric power station worked in the region.

The town suffered significantly in the 7–8 September 2009 earthquake and around 80 local families remained homeless in late September.^[1]

References

↑ (Russian) Пострадавших от землетрясения в Южной Осетии хотят поселить в вагонах. Rosbalt. 23 September 2009

External links

Official site of the city administration (Russian)
RSO Government working group visited Kvaisa, 11.04.2008
(Russian) Kvaisi in BSE, the Big Soviet Encyclopedia

Administrative divisions of South Ossetia

Administrative center(s): Akhalgori Java Kornisi Tskhinvali

Districts	Akhalgori Java Tskhinvali Kornisi

Towns	Tskhinvali¹ Kvaisi (Kvaisa)

Villages	Avnevi Badzhigata Bagata Bagiata Britat Buzala Chagata Cheliata Chitata Chrdilo-Chiprani Dallag Erman Duadonastau Edis Galuanta Grubela Gudzhabauri Kabuzta Kekhvi Kemulta Keshelta Khetagurovo Khikhata Khodi Khodzi Kola Kotanto Kroza Kurta Kusireti Kvasatali Kvemo-Achabeti Kvemo-Bakarta Kvemo-Koshka Kvemo-Machkhara Kvemo-Monasteri Litsi Muldarta Nazigina Raro Rokata Samkhret-Chiprani Saritata Sheubani Shibonta Shua-Ermani Sidani Sikhta Sokhta Tamarasheni ² Tbeti Tibilaani Tli Tsamadi Tsarita Uchvarsi Vaneli Zar Zemo-Achabeti Zemo-Koshka Zemo-Monasteri

¹ Capital. ² Former village.

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