Punch scissors
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Sachkhere საჩხერე |
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 Georgia
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| Region : | Imereti | ||
| Municipality : | Punch scissors | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 20 ' N , 43 ° 24' E | ||
| Height : | 510 m. ü. M. | ||
| Residents : | 6,140 (2014) | ||
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Satschchere ( Georgian საჩხერე Sačxere / Sačchere , English Sachkhere ) is a small town in Georgia .
geography
It is located in the northern part of the province of Imereti at an altitude of about 510 m . The city has 6140 inhabitants (2014).
traffic
In 1904 the city received a railway connection to the mainline of the country, the Poti – Baku railway line, with the Sestaponi – Satschchere railway . At that time it was a narrow-gauge railway , which later on the customary broad gauge umgespurt was. Today run every passenger daily two pairs of trains between Sachkhere and Kutaisi .
In 2008 the trolleybus Tschiatura , which until then had connected Satschchere with the neighboring Tschiatura , was discontinued .
Sports
- The FC Tschichura Satschchere , a football club, plays in the top division of Georgia.
Personalities
- Akaki Tsereteli (* 1840 in Schwitori near Satschchere, † 1915 in Satschchere), poet and politician as well as one of the leading figures of the Georgian national movement
- Georgi Eliava (1892–1937), bacteriologist and university professor in Tbilisi
- Giorgi Assanidse (* 1975), weightlifter
- Lascha Talachadze (* 1993), weightlifter
Web links
Commons : Satschchere - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Homepage of the Georgian Railway.