Ozurgeti

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Ozurgeti
ოზურგეთი
Ozurgeti ოზურგეთი (Georgia (country))
Ozurgeti ოზურგეთი
Ozurgeti
ოზურგეთი
Location of Ozurgeti in Georgia
Coordinates: 41°56′0″N 41°59′0″E / 41.93333, 41.98333
Country Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia
Mkhare Guria
Population (2002)
 - Total 21,009
Time zone GMT (UTC+4)
 - Summer (DST) GMT (UTC+5)

Ozurgeti (Georgian: ოზურგეთი) is a town and the regional administrative centre of Western Georgian province of Guria, former Macharadze or Makharadze. Population of Ozurgeti: 21,009. The major part of a town is located between Natanebi and Bjuji rivers.

[edit] church

The church in ozurgeti is in the center of the city. It stands between the theatre and the park.

[edit] Honors

A minor planet 2139 Makharadze discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after Makharadze city (twin city of Genichesk) in honor of the friendship of Georgian and Ukrainian peoples. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th, New York: Springer Verlag, p. 173. ISBN 3540002383. 
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