Kakhetians
title: "Kakhetians" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ethnic-groups-in-georgia-(country)", "georgian-sub-ethnic-groups"] topic_path: "general/ethnic-groups-in-georgia-country" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakhetians" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| group | Kakhetians |
| კახელები kakhelebi | |
| image | Georgian dialects.svg |
| image_caption | |
| population | |
| popplace | Georgia Kakheti: 271 298 (82,9%) (2014) |
| languages | Kakhetian dialect of Georgian language |
| religions | † Georgian Orthodox Church |
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|group = Kakhetians კახელები kakhelebi |image = Georgian dialects.svg |image_caption = |population = |popplace = Georgia Kakheti: 271 298 (82,9%) (2014) |pop1 = |languages = Kakhetian dialect of Georgian language |religions = † Georgian Orthodox Church Kakhetians (კახელები, [kʼɑχɛlɛbi]; sg. კახელი, [kʼɑχɛli]) are an ethnographic group of Georgians who speak the Kakhetian dialect of the Georgian language. Kakhetians are the indigenous population of Kakheti, a historical region and fertile valley in eastern Georgia that produces much of the country's wine. Like the general population of Georgia, most Kakhetians are adherents of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
History
Main article: Kakheti
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Kingdom_of_Georgia_after_dissolution_as_a_unified_state,_1490_AD.svg" caption="The [[Kingdom of Kakheti]] in the late fifteenth century" alt=""] ::
Kakheti was an independent principality from the end of the eighth century. It was incorporated into the united Georgian Kingdom at the beginning of the eleventh century, but for less than a decade. Only in the beginning of the twelfth century did Georgian King David the Builder (1089–1125) incorporate Kakheti into his Kingdom successfully.
References
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References
- CARLISLE, R. (1989). ''The Illustrated encyclopedia of mankind''. New York, M. Cavendish.
- Javakhishvili, Ivane. Histoire de la Géorgie. XIe–XVe siècles. Tbilissi : Éditions d'État de la RSS de Géorgie, 1949, pp. 44–45.
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