Lanchkhuti

Lanchkhuti
ლანჩხუთი
City
Lanchkhuti
ლანჩხუთი

Location in Georgia

Coordinates: 42°5′40″N 42°2′30″E / 42.09444°N 42.04167°E / 42.09444; 42.04167
Country  Georgia
Region Guria
District Lanchkhuti District
Population (2006)
 • Total 8,000
Time zone Georgian Time (UTC+4)

Lanchkhuti (Georgian: ლანჩხუთი) is a city in western Georgian region of Guria. It has a population of about 8000.

Lanchkhuti received city status in 1961. Under the USSR, it was the centre of the Georgian SSR Lanchkhuti area and today continues to serve as the capital of the district of the same name within the Guria region.

Lanchkhuti is an industrial town with a tea processing factory, cannery, meat and dairy factory and a brick and tile factory. The town is served by a railway station on the Samtredia - Batumi line.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Coordinates: 42°5′40″N 42°2′30″E / 42.09444°N 42.04167°E / 42.09444; 42.04167

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