KVEMO KARTLI IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF EASTERN GEORGIA. ITS AREA IS 6901 SQ. KM. THE REGION IS DIVIDED IN 7 ADMINISTRATIVE-TERRITORIAL UNITS. THE REGION COMPRISES THE TOWN OF RUSTAVI AND MUNICIPALITIES OF GARDABANI, BOLNISI, MARNEULI, DMANISI, TETRI TSKARO AND TSALKA. FROM THE EAST THE REGION IS BORDERED BY KAKHETI, FROM THE NORTH – BY SHIDA KARTLI AND MTSKHETA-MTIANETI, FROM THE WEST – BY SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI, AND FROM THE SOUTH – BY ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN. THE REGION LIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SEMI-DESERT, DRY SUBTROPICAL AND HIGHMOUNTAIN ALPINE ZONES. FROM HISTORICAL POINT, KVEMO KARTLI IS ABORIGINAL GEORGIAN SOIL AND A REGION NOTED FOR ITS NATURAL AFFLUENCE AND BEAUTY. REGIONS TERRITORY KEEPS THE REMNANTS AND TRACKS OF ALL PERIODS OF MANKIND’S HISTORY. THE WORLD ACKNOWLEDGED UNEARTHING OF THE ANCIENT STATION OF HOMINIDS AND THE REMAINS OF HUMANS (AGED 1,8 MILLION YEARS) IN DMANISI SETTLEMENT AS THE OUTSTANDING ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY. IN THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE THE BRILLIANT TRIALETI BARROWS GREAT CULTURE WAS POPULAR HERE. IN KAZRETI, ON THE SLOPES OF SAKDRISI MOUNT, UNIQUE GOLD MINES DATING THE SECOND HALF OF IV MILLENNIUM BC WERE DISCOVERED. HERE ARE ALSO HISTORICAL MONUMENTS DATING V-VI CC. AND THEREAFTER PERIODS WHICH ARE WELL-PRESERVED, SETTLEMENT OF THE FIRST MILLENNIUM BC AND MANY OTHER SIGHTS… OVERALL, THERE ARE MORE THAN 650 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS, 300 OF THEM HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN VARIOUS TOURIST ROUTES.