Chokhatauri ( ka, ჩოხატაური) is a town in
Georgia
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Guria
Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region ('' mkhare'') in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 113,000 (2016), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital.
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region, 310 km west to the nation's capital of
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 ...
. It is an administrative center of
Chokhatauri Municipality, which comprises the town itself and its adjoining 61 villages. The area of the town is 204 km
2; population – 1815 (2014).
Several historical monuments are scattered across the district, e.g. an early medieval fortress of Bukistsikhe, and a monastic complex of
Udabno.
Near the town is a health resort based on the natural mineral water
Nabeglavi
Nabeglavi (also Nabeghlavi) ( ka, ნაბეღლავი) is a mineral water from Georgia.
Georgian-Swiss joint stock company “Healthy Water” produces famous mineral water “Nabeghlavi” and spring water “Bakhmaro.” The company w ...
, which is similar to
Borjomi
Borjomi ( ka, ბორჯომი) is a resort town in south-central Georgia, 160 km from Tbilisi, with a population of 11,122 (2021). It is one of the municipalities of the Samtskhe–Javakheti region and is situated in the northwestern p ...
in its chemical composition.
Bakhmaro is another nearby mountain resort that is famous for its unique wooden cottages on stilts in the mist of the mountains. Nabeglavi mineral water and
Bakhmaro spring water are bottled by Healthy Water Ltd. in Chokhatauri.
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Cities and towns in Guria
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