Tamarisi is a '' daba'' (

Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) in southern

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with almost 700 residents (2021 , located in

Bolnisi Municipality Bolnisi ( ka, ბოლნისის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Bolnisis munitsip’alit’et’i'') is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Kvemo Kartli, covering an area of . As of 2021 it had a population of 56 ...

(

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 K ...

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). Tamarisi is located 7 kilometers west of the city of Marneuli, on the Georgian S6 highway ( E117). Five kilometers to the south is the larger village of Tamarisi, which belongs to the municipality of Marneuli, with which it should not be confused.

Background

Tamarisi is located between the villages of Parizi and Tsurtavi and was established in 1982 with the establishment of a large poultry factory, on the south side of the S6 highway, to house its labourforce. It immediately acquired the status of an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

('' daba'') when it was founded. A decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR decided to do so on March 30, 1982, which also assigned the name Tamarisi. Tamarisi is administratively the center and namesake of the Tamarisi community (temi, თემი) within the

, which also includes the (neighboring) villages of Parizi and Tsurtavi. The town is located at the foot of the Kvemo Kartli Plateau that rises about above the village. This plateau, from which the

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River flows through a gorge, turns here into the Kvemo Kartli Plain. Next to the Tamarisi Poultry Factory is the 18th century

Kolagiri fortress The Kolagiri fortress (), is a building of the feudal age (late 18th century), near the '' daba'' (borough) Tamarisi, Bolnisi Municipality ( Kvemo Kartli region). History The fortress was built between 1788-1798 by order of the wife of King H ...

Population

At the beginning of 2021, Tamarisi had a population of 697, an increase of almost 19% compared to the 2014 census. The population of Tamarisi was made up in 2014 of a majority of Georgians (56.3%), followed by Azerbaijanis (38.6%) and Armenians (3.1%).

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Cities and towns in Kvemo Kartli {{Georgia-geo-stub

Background

Population

See also

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