Lanchkhuti () is a city in the Georgian region of

Guria Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia (country), Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 104,338 (2023), with Ozurgeti as the regional cap ...

. It has a population of about 6,395. Lanchkhuti received city status in 1961. Under the USSR, it was the centre of the

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Lanchkhuti area and today continues to serve as the capital of the eponymous district within the Guria region. Lanchkhuti is an industrial town with a tea processing factory, cannery, meat and dairy factory and a brick and tile factory. The town is served by a railway station on the

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line.

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Twin towns — Sister cities

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Sports

The local football club is

FC Guria Lanchkhuti FC Guria ( ka, საფეხბურთო კლუბი გურია) is a Georgian association football club from Lanchkhuti. Following the 2024 season they were relegated to Liga 4, the fourth tier of the national league. Being one ...

, who play their home games at the Evgrapi Shevardnadze Stadium. They played one season in the

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and won the 1990 Georgian Cup.

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Cities and towns in Guria Kutaisi Governorate Populated places in Lanchkhuti Municipality {{Georgia-geo-stub

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sports

See also

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