Kobi, Georgia

Place in Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

Kobi Georgian: კობი

42°33′34″N 44°30′43″E / 42.55944°N 44.51194°E / 42.55944; 44.51194
Country	Georgia
Mkhare	Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Municipality	Kazbegi
Elevation	1,970 m (6,460 ft)
Population (2014)^[1]
• Total	3
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Kobi (Georgian: კობი, Ossetian: Къоб) is a village in the historical region of Khevi, Georgia. Administratively, it is part of the Kazbegi Municipality in Mtskheta-Mtianeti. It is a community center of Truso Valley villages. Distance to the municipality center Stepantsminda is 20 km.

Transportation

The village is located on the Georgian Military Road.

Climate

Climate data for Kobi
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−2.4 (27.7)	−2.2 (28.0)	1.8 (35.2)	7.7 (45.9)	13 (55)	16.4 (61.5)	19.1 (66.4)	19.1 (66.4)	15.6 (60.1)	10.8 (51.4)	3.8 (38.8)	−0.3 (31.5)	8.5 (47.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−7.1 (19.2)	−6.9 (19.6)	−2.9 (26.8)	2 (36)	7.1 (44.8)	10.2 (50.4)	12.8 (55.0)	12.7 (54.9)	9 (48)	5 (41)	−0.7 (30.7)	−4.7 (23.5)	3.0 (37.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−11.8 (10.8)	−11.5 (11.3)	−7.5 (18.5)	−3.6 (25.5)	1.3 (34.3)	4 (39)	6.5 (43.7)	6.4 (43.5)	2.4 (36.3)	−0.7 (30.7)	−5.1 (22.8)	−9.1 (15.6)	−2.4 (27.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	34 (1.3)	40 (1.6)	65 (2.6)	102 (4.0)	143 (5.6)	132 (5.2)	122 (4.8)	138 (5.4)	81 (3.2)	68 (2.7)	62 (2.4)	39 (1.5)	1,026 (40.3)
Source: ^[2]

Notable people

Kobi is a birthplace of Vaso Abaev, a well known Soviet Iranist of Ossetian descent.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V. 5, p. 566, Tbilisi, 1980 year.

References

^ "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "Kobi climate - Climate-Data.org". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 8 August 2019.