Shuakhevi

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Shuakhevi
შუახევი
Borough
Shuakhevi (G.N. 2010).jpg
Shuakhevi is located in Georgia
Shuakhevi
Shuakhevi
Location of Ochkhamuri in Georgia
Coordinates: 41°37′37″N 42°11′13″E / 41.62694°N 42.18694°E / 41.62694; 42.18694
Country Georgia
Autonomous RepublicAdjara
Population
 (2014)
 • Total797[1]
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Shuakhevi (Georgian: შუახევი [ʃuɑxɛvi]) is a small town in Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Adjara, 67 km east to the regional capital Batumi. Situated on the right bank of the , it is an administrative center of Shuakhevi District, which comprises the town itself and 67 adjoining mountainous villages. The area of the district is 588 km2; population – 15,044 (2014).[1]

There is a plant to build Shuakhevi hydro power plant, a run-of-the-river plant with installed capacity of 185 MW with expected electricity output of 452 GWh.[2] It is expected to be commissioned in 2016.[3]

Near the town are the ruins of a medieval fortress.

See also[]

  • Adjara
  • Subdivisions of Georgia

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ Project summary document on Shuakhevi HPP. Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2014-25-07.
  3. ^ Alstom to supply equipment for Shuakhevi hydropower plant in Georgia. Retrieved on 2014-25-07.

External links[]

Coordinates: 41°38′N 42°11′E / 41.633°N 42.183°E / 41.633; 42.183


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