Martvili
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Martvili
მარტვილი | |
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Town | |
Martvili downtown | |
Coordinates: 42°24′50″N 42°22′40″E / 42.41389°N 42.37778°E | |
Country | Georgia |
Region | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
District | Martvili |
Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 4,425 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Martvili (Georgian: მარტვილი) is a small town in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti province of Western Georgia. Its monastery was Samegrelo's clerical centre in the Middle Ages. Under Soviet rule, from 1936 to 1990, it was named Gegechkori after Sasha Gegechkori, an Old Bolshevik.
References[edit]
- ^ "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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