Martvili
მარტვილი | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Martvili downtown | |
  Martvili Location of Martvili in Georgia  Martvili Martvili (Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti) | |
| Coordinates: 42°24′50″N 42°22′40″E / 42.41389°N 42.37778°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Region | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
| District | Martvili |
| Elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,425 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
| Website | http://martvili.gov.ge |
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
- ↑ "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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