Some northern territories of the district are part of the self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia and have not been under control of the Georgian government since 1992.

Most of today's Kareli was part of the Tsitsishvili nobility-Satsitsiano, where he lived and worked as a military-political, builder, cultural-educational, scientific and medical figure.

The current territory of Kareli Municipality was included in Gori Mazra of Tbilisi Province until 1917.

Agar sugar factory and food industry enterprises are located in Kareli municipality.

The leading fields of agriculture are: fruit growing, horticulture, horticulture-horticulture, viticulture, animal husbandry and others.