Borchali region

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The Borchali region is a historically multiethnic area in the South Caucasus, predominantly populated by Azerbaijanis in southern Georgia, that has been a focal point of territorial and ethnic tensions between Georgia and Azerbaijan.

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Borchali region canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
multiethnic region ⓘ
administrativeCenterNearby Tbilisi ⓘ
borderRegionWith Armenia ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
category Azerbaijani-populated regions outside Azerbaijan ⓘ
Ethnically mixed regions in Georgia ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
demographicFeature Azerbaijanis form a local majority in many settlements ⓘ
ethnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Georgians ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance Georgia–Azerbaijan relations ⓘ
cross-border Azerbaijani community ⓘ
hasHistoricalTensionsBetween Azerbaijan ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
historicallyPopulatedBy Azerbaijanis ⓘ
historicallyUnderRuleOf Democratic Republic of Georgia ⓘ
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Republic of Georgia ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
historicalName Borchalo ⓘ
linked to: Borchali

Borchalu ⓘ
linked to: Borchali
knownFor Azerbaijani minority issues in Georgia ⓘ
ethnic tensions ⓘ
territorial disputes in the South Caucasus ⓘ
languageCommunity Azerbaijani language ⓘ
Georgian language ⓘ
locatedIn South Caucasus ⓘ
southern Georgia ⓘ
majorTown Bolnisi ⓘ
Dmanisi ⓘ
Marneuli ⓘ
partOf Kvemo Kartli ⓘ
relatedConflict Georgia–Azerbaijan border delimitation issues ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ

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