Supsa ( ka, სუფსა) is a
Black Sea
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port village in western
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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with the population of 273 (2014). It is located in the
Lanchkhuti Municipality
Lanchkhuti ( ka, ლანჩხუთის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Lančxutis municip’alit’et’i'') is a district of Georgia (country), Georgia, in the region of Guria. Its main town is Lanchkhuti.
Lanchkhuti municipal ...
, on the river
Supsa
Supsa ( ka, სუფსა) is a Black Sea port village in western Georgia (country), Georgia with the population of 273 (2014). It is located in the Lanchkhuti Municipality, on the river Supsa (river), Supsa.
It is the terminus of the Baku-S ...
.
It is the terminus of the
Western Early Oil pipeline from
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
and the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
oil fields. In 2011 a cement plant was put into operation. There is a railway station (
Samtredia
Samtredia ( ka, სამტრედია ) is a town in Imereti, Georgia, lying in a lowland between the rivers Rioni and Tskhenis-Tsqali, west of the capital Tbilisi, and west of Georgia's second largest city Kutaisi. Georgia’s most impor ...
–
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 ...
railway) in the village. European route
E692 passes through Supsa and has a junction with European route
E70 near the village.
See also
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List of ports in Georgia (country) Georgia is a country in the Caucasus, with an access to the Black Sea. There are four functioning seaports—Batumi, Poti, Kulevi, and Supsa—in Georgia and one, that of Anaklia, is under construction. Four more ports—Sukhumi, Gudauta, Gagra, a ...
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Ports and harbours of Georgia (country)
Populated places in Lanchkhuti Municipality
Georgian Black Sea coast
Port cities in Asia
Port cities in Europe
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