Lentechi
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Lentechi ლენტეხი |
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 Georgia
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| Region : | Ratscha-Letschchumi and Lower Swanetia | ||
| Municipality : | Lentechi | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 47 ' N , 42 ° 44' E | ||
| Height : | 760 m. ü. M. | ||
| Residents : | 947 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | Georgian Time (UTC + 4) | ||
| Community type: | Town | ||
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Lentechi ( Georgian ლენტეხი ) is a small town (Georgian Daba ) in the Georgian region of Ratscha-Letschchumi and Lower Vanetia . It is the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name Lentechi and has about 947 inhabitants (2014 calculation).
location
The place is located in the middle of the mountains of the Great Caucasus , a good 200 km as the crow flies northwest of the state capital Tbilisi and 45 km northwest of the regional capital Ambrolauri on the right bank of the Zcheniszqali , a right tributary of the Rioni , above the confluence of the two right tributaries Laskadura and Cheledula . The valley of the Zcheniszqali forms the southern part of the historical province of Svaneti , called Lower Svaneti (Kwemo Svaneti) , enclosed between the 3000 m high Letschchumi Mountains in the southeast and the up to 4009 m ( Laila-Lelechi , 20 km northwest of Lentechi) Svaneti Mountains . The latter borders in the north of Lower Svaneti from Upper Svaneti (Semo Svaneti) , which with its capital Mestia is now part of the Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti region .
history
As the administrative center of a Rajon of the Georgian SSR, the village of Lentechi received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1969 (corresponding to today's daba , small town).
- Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1959 | 854 |
| 1970 | 1772 |
| 1979 | 1873 |
| 1989 | 1995 |
| 2002 | 1739 |
| 2014 | 947 |
Note: census data
Culture and sights
There are a number of Georgian Orthodox church buildings in the area from the 9th to 11th centuries. In Lentechi itself there is the Laraschi castle of the Mingrelian princely family Dadiani . The place has a local museum.
Economy and Infrastructure
In the area around Lentechi there is agriculture for the local supply. Tourism plays a certain role: the place is the starting point for mountain tours. The construction of a hotel is planned.
Lentechi is connected to the Georgian road network via the national road Sch15 ( შ 15 ), which leads - initially through the Tcheniszqali valley - via Zageri and Zqaltubo , where the nearest train station is, to the city of Kutaisi , a good 100 km away . In the other direction, the road from Lentechi runs up the river valley to the higher-lying villages of Lower Svaneti in order to change as the national road Sch7 ( შ 7 ) over the 2623 m high Sagaro Pass into the upper Enguri valley, which already belongs to Upper Svaneti (the section above the pass is a difficult to drive, unpaved road).
Sons and daughters of the place
- Tengis Sigua (1934–2020), politician, Prime Minister of the Georgian SSR and the independent Georgia 1990–1993
Web links
- Article Lentechi in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)