Shuakhevi

Shuakhevi ( ) is a small town in Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Adjara, 67 km east to the regional capital Batumi. Situated on the right bank of the Adjaristsqali River, it is an administrative center of Shuakhevi District, which comprises the town itself and 67 adjoining mountainous villages. The area of the district is 588 km2; population – 15,044 (2014).

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Place details

Locality: შუახევი
Region: აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა
Country: საქართველო
Population: 566
Timezone: Asia/Tbilisi

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Shuakhevi
Settlement.native_name: შუახევი
Settlement.native_name_lang: geo
Settlement.settlement_type: Borough
Settlement.image_skyline: Shuakhevi_(G.N._2010).jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Georgia#Georgia Adjara
Settlement.mapsize: 280px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Ochkhamuri in Georgia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous Republic
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Adjara
Settlement.population_as_of: 2014
Settlement.population_total: 797
Settlement.timezone: Georgian Time
Settlement.utc_offset: +4

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There is a plant to build Shuakhevi hydro power plant, a run-of-the-river plant with installed capacity of 185 MW with expected electricity output of 452 GWh. It is expected to be commissioned in 2016.

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