Lanchkhuti ( ka, ლანჩხუთის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Lančxutis municip’alit’et’i'') is a district of
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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, in the region of
Guria
Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 113,000 (2016), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital.
Geography
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. Its main town is
Lanchkhuti
Lanchkhuti ( ka, ლანჩხუთი) is a city in western Georgian region of Guria. It has a population of about 8,000.
Lanchkhuti received city status in 1961. Under the USSR, it was the centre of the Georgian SSR Lanchkhuti area and today ...
.
Lanchkhuti municipality is located in western Georgia, northwest of the Guria Mountains, bordered on the west by an
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...
coast. The municipality occupies of the
Kolkheti National Park
Kolkheti National Park ( ka, კოლხეთის ეროვნული პარკი), is a national park located in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Guria in the historical region of Colchis in western Georgia.[Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...]
, away from
Batumi
Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of th ...
, away from
Poti
Poti ( ka, ფოთი ; Mingrelian: ფუთი; Laz: ჶაში/Faşi or ფაში/Paşi) is a port city in Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti in the west of the country. Built near t ...
. There are two lakes in the municipality and five rivers with a total length of , the municipality is known for many minerals, including: limestone deposits, clay clay, peat, Shukhuti rock-rich ore deposit,
Supsa
Supsa ( ka, სუფსა) is a Black Sea port village in western Georgia with the population of 273 (2014). It is located in the Lanchkhuti Municipality, on the river Supsa.
It is the terminus of the Western Early Oil pipeline from Azerbai ...
sand-gravel deposit. The total land fund of the municipality as of January 1, 2006 is 49860.9 ha, the largest part of which - 76% - is still owned by the state.
Settlements
Politics
Lanchkhuti Municipal Assembly (
Georgian
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** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
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**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
: ლანჩხუთის საკრებულო, ''Lanchkhuti Sakrebulo'') is a representative body in Lanchkhuti Municipality, consisting of 27 members and elected every four years. The last election was held in
October 2021
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.
Gallery
Nadarbazevi lake, Lanchtuti ditrict, western Georgia.jpg, Nadarbazevi lake
Aketis Matskhovari.JPG, Aketis Matskhovari
Georgia Sameba Jikheti monastery church central dome mural Christ.jpg, Sameba Jikheti monastery church
Church in upper Aketi.JPG, Church in upper Aketi
Museum of Egnate Ninoshvili.jpg, Museum of Egnate Ninoshvili
See also
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List of municipalities in Georgia (country)
A municipality ( ka, მუნიციპალიტეტი, tr) is a subdivision of Georgia (country), Georgia, consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements (Community (administrative division), community, თემი, ''temi''), wh ...
References
External links
Districts of Georgia Statoids.com
Municipalities of Guria
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