Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower ( ka, თბილისის ტელეანძა, ''tbilisis teleandza'') is a free-standing
tower
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structure used for communications purposes. The tower is located in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
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Georgia
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and was built in 1972. The preceding structure, built in 1955, was moved to the vicinity of the city of
Gori.
The tower is operated by "Georgian Teleradiocenter",
''Georgian Teleradiocenter''
that was established 1955. Communication systems on the tower include regular broadcast, MMDS, pager and cellular, commercial TV, and amateur radio repeater. The tower is 274.5 m (901 ft) high on a mountain at 719.2 m (2,360 feet) above sea level.
See also
* List of tallest freestanding steel structures
This is a list of tallest freestanding steel structures in the world past and present. To be a freestanding steel structure it must not be supported by guy wires, the list therefore does not include guyed masts and the main vertical and lateral str ...
* Lattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a support for ...
* List of towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
* List of masts
The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at . Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower), oil platforms, electricity ...
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External links
Information and pictures from Radiomap.eu
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Towers completed in 1972
Buildings and structures in Tbilisi
Communications in Georgia (country)
Towers built in the Soviet Union
Communication towers in Georgia (country)
Radio masts and towers in Europe
1972 establishments in Georgia (country)
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