Mkhare (Georgian: მხარე) is a subdivision in the country of Georgia. It is usually translated as region.
The country is divided, according to the Presidential decrees from 1994 to 1996, into regions on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved. The regional administration is headed by State Commissioner (სახელმწიფო რწმუნებული, saxelmc'ipo rcmunebuli, informally -“governor”), an official appointed by the President of Georgia.
Regions are further subdivided into raioni’s (district).
There are 9 mkhare’s in Georgia (regional capitals in parentheses)
- Guria (Ozurgeti)
- Imereti (Kutaisi)
- Kakheti (Telavi)
- Kvemo Kartli (Rustavi)
- Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Mtskheta)
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (Ambrolauri)
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (Zugdidi)
- Samtskhe-Javakheti (Akhaltsikhe)
- Shida Kartli (Gori)
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