Chkhorotsqu

Chkhorotsqu
ჩხოროწყუ
Chkhorotsqu
ჩხოროწყუ

Location of Chkhorotsqu in Georgia

Coordinates: 42°30′37″N 42°7′45″E / 42.51028°N 42.12917°E / 42.51028; 42.12917Coordinates: 42°30′37″N 42°7′45″E / 42.51028°N 42.12917°E / 42.51028; 42.12917
Country  Georgia
Mkhare Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Elevation 180 m (590 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 5,400
Time zone Georgian Time (UTC+4)

Chkhorotsqu (Georgian: ჩხოროწყუ, literally meaning in Mingrelian “nine springs”) is a townlet in western Georgia, located in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and functioning as the administrative center of the homonymous district. Its population was 5,900 as of 2007 (including over 1,500 IDPs from breakaway Abkhazia).[1]

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ (Georgian) , p. 6. Government of Georgia. Retrieved on 2008-07-30.

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