Marabda ( ka, მარაბდა) is a community in
Georgia
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, located some 23 km south of the capital
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 ...
, and a few kilometers north of
Marneuli
Marneuli ( ka, მარნეული , az, Sarvan) is a town in the Kvemo Kartli region of southern Georgia and administrative center of Marneuli Municipality that borders neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Toponymy
According to Georgian so ...
. It consists of three villages
Akhali Marabda,
Kotishi and
Dzveli Marabda. According to the 2014 Georgian Census population of the community is 488.
Transport
Marabda is served by a
Georgian Railway
Georgian Railway LLC ( ka, საქართველოს რკინიგზა, tr) is the national railway company of Georgia.
A vital artery linking the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, it sits on the shortest route between Europe and Ce ...
station on the
Tbilisi–Gyumri line, 23 km south of Tbilisi Junction. In the 1980s, Marabda itself became a railway junction, as a branch line to
Akhalkalaki (160 km to the west) was completed in 1986.
The treaty to build the
Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway — which will include the (rehabilitated) Akhalkalaki-Marabda line — was signed at Marabda.
mrdi.gov.ge
Rehabilitation of Marabda-Kartsakhi railway line. Retrieved on 2015-09-05.
See also
* Battle of Marabda
The Battle of Marabda took place on 30 June 1625, or July 1, 1625, "Marabda, Battle of (1625)", in ''Historical Dictionary of Georgia'', by Alexander Mikaberidze (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) p. 454 "Iranian Conflict 1609-25", in ''Early Modern War ...
* Railway stations in Georgia
* Kvemo Kartli
Kvemo Kartli ( ka, ქვემო ქართლი, az, Aşağı Kartli) or "Lower Kartli", is a historic province and current administrative region ( mkhare) in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is the regional capital.
Location
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References
Populated places in Tetritsqaro Municipality
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