Martvili
Sign in to savethumb|250px|The Martvili Monastery Martvili () 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.
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Place details
- Locality
- მარტვილი
- Region
- სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი
- Country
- საქართველო
- Population
- 3,966
- Timezone
- Asia/Tbilisi
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Martvili
- Settlement.native_name
- მარტვილი
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- geo
- Settlement.other_name
- Chkondidi, Gegechkori
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Martvili center.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Martvili downtown
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Georgia#Georgia Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280px
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Martvili in Georgia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- მარტვილი
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Martvili Municipality
- Official language
- Georgian
- Population
- +4117
- Elevation
- +170
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Capital of
- Martvili Municipality
- Official website
- martvili.gov.ge
- Image
- Martvili center.jpg
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Demographics
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Gallery
- References
thumb|250px|The Martvili Monastery Martvili () 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.
== Geography == The town of Martvili is located in the Odishi-Guria plain between the Noghela and Abasha rivers, 33 km from the town of Abasha itself. The town rests 170 m above sea level.