Akhaltsikhe, formerly known as Lomsia, is a small city in Georgia's southwestern region of Samtskhe–Javakheti. It is the administrative c…Akhaltsikhe, formerly known as Lomsia, is a small city in Georgia's southwestern region of Samtskhe–Javakheti. It is the administrative center of the Akhaltsikhe Municipality and the Samtskhe–Javakheti region. It is situated on both banks of the small river Potskhovi, which divides the city between the old city in the north and new in the south.