Shaumiani
შაუმიანი | |
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Coordinates: 41°20′38″N 44°45′30″E / 41.34389°N 44.75833°E | |
Country | Georgia |
Region | Kvemo Kartli |
Municipality | Marneuli |
Elevation | 493 m (1,617 ft) |
Climate | Cfa |
Shaumiani (Georgian: შაუმიანი, Armenian: Շահումյան, romanized: Shahumyan) is village in the Marneuli Municipality, Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia. Until 1925 it was named Shulaveri or Shulaver (Armenian: Շուլավեր, romanized: Shulaver), later being renamed after Stepan Shahumyan. As of 2014, when it was downgraded from a small town (daba) to a village,[1] its population was 3,107 persons.[2]
It was the administrative center of the Borchaly uezd of the Tiflis Governorate until 1929, and of the Borchaly Rayon until 1947 when it was transferred to Marneuli and the district was renamed.