Zestaponi

Zestaponi
ზესტაფონი
City
City of Zestaponi
City of Zestaponi
Zestaponi is located in Georgia
Zestaponi
Zestaponi
Location of the town of Zestaponi in Georgia
Zestaponi is located in Imereti
Zestaponi
Zestaponi
Zestaponi (Imereti)
Coordinates: 42°06′30″N 43°02′30″E / 42.10833°N 43.04167°E / 42.10833; 43.04167
Country Georgia (country)
MkhareImereti
DistrictZestaponi
Elevation
520 ft (160 m)
Population
 (January 1, 2024)[1]
 • Total20,212
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time)
ClimateCfa
Map
Zestaponi Theatre
Zestaponi railway station
View from Shorapani fortress

Zestaponi or Zestafoni (Georgian: ზესტაფონი, romanized: zest'aponi, Georgian pronunciation: [zestʼapʰoni]) is the administrative center of Zestaponi District in Western Georgia. Zestaponi is the center of an ancient, historical part of Georgia – Margveti, which is a part of Imereti province. Zestaponi is the center of Margveti's Eparchy of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Zestaponi is situated in the furthest east of the Colchis Plateau, and is built on both banks of the Qvirila River.

It is an important industrial center, with a large ferro-alloy plant processing manganese ore from nearby Chiatura.[2] Zestaponi is in the Kolkheti lowlands, a semi-tropical region with relatively cold winters averaging −4 °C (25 °F) in January and hot summers averaging 24 °C (75 °F) in August. The surrounding countryside is a wine-growing region.[2]

  1. ^ "Population by regions". National Statistics Office of Georgia. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Zestafoni Region". PS News. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2010-01-31.