Mestia is a highland townlet in northwest Georgia, at an elevation of 1,500 metres in the Caucasus Mountains. Mestia is located in the Svaneti region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti province, some 128 kilometres northeast of the regional capital of Zugdidi. Mestia and the adjoining 132 villages form Mestia District. Its area is 3,044 square kilometres ; and its populatio…Mestia is a highland townlet in northwest Georgia, at an elevation of 1,500 metres in the Caucasus Mountains. Mestia is located in the Svaneti region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti province, some 128 kilometres northeast of the regional capital of Zugdidi. Mestia and the adjoining 132 villages form Mestia District. Its area is 3,044 square kilometres ; and its population is 9,316, according to the 2014 Georgia census. It was granted the status of a townlet in 1968.
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