Samtredia
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Samtredia სამტრედია |
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 Georgia
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| Region : | Imereti | ||
| Municipality : | Samtredia | ||
| Founded : | 1921 | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 9 ′ N , 42 ° 20 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 25 m. ü. M. | ||
| Residents : | 25,318 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | Georgian Time (UTC + 4) | ||
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Samtredia ( Georgian სამტრედია ) is a city in Georgia .
Geographical location
It is located in the Imereti region , 65 kilometers inland from the Black Sea port of Poti and 40 kilometers west of Kutaisi in the Colchian Plain . It has 25,318 inhabitants (2014).
history
Samtredia is located on the Poti – Baku railway that went into operation in 1872 and is the oldest railway line in Georgia. After the area around Batumi had been ceded by the Berlin Treaty of 1878 from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire , the construction of a rail connection for Batumi began immediately. This branched off from the existing line in Samtredia. The city emerged around this branch station from 1874 and soon developed into an industrial center.
During the Georgian civil war in 1993, the city was occupied by the supporters of the former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia . The economic infrastructure was largely destroyed in attacks by government troops under Eduard Shevardnadze .
economy
The largest employers today are an ice cream factory, a cement factory and an asphalt company. The Georgian Railway, Sakartwelos Rkinigsa , maintains extensive facilities for freight and passenger traffic. Smaller businesses focus on making apparel and housewares.
Education and culture
The city has a theater, eleven public schools, two private schools and a technical school for agriculture.
traffic
In addition to the aforementioned railway junction, the S1 trunk road , on which the city is located, is important.
sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Nikuradse (1894–1979), engineer and physicist
- Alexander Nikuradze (1900–1981), physicist and geopolitician
- Akaki Chachua (born 1969), wrestler
- Kacha Kaladze (* 1978), football player, mayor of Tbilisi
- Dawit Dschodschua (* 1989), chess player
- Solomon K Wirkwelia (* 1992), football player
- Meri Arabidse (* 1994), chess player
