Marabda ( ka, მარაბდა) is a community in
Georgia
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, located some 23 km south of the capital
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...
, and a few kilometers north of
Marneuli. It consists of three villages
Akhali Marabda,
Kotishi and
Dzveli Marabda. According to the 2014 Georgian Census population of the community is 488.
Transport
Marabda is served by a
Georgian Railway station on the
Tbilisi–Gyumri line, 23 km south of Tbilisi Junction. In the 1980s, Marabda itself became a railway junction, as a branch line to
Akhalkalaki
Akhalkalaki ( ka, ახალქალაქი, tr ; ) is a town in Georgia (country), Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe–Javakheti and the administrative centre of the Akhalkalaki Municipality. Akhalkalaki lies on the edge of the Javakheti ...
(160 km to the west) was completed in 1986.
The treaty to build the
Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway — which will include the (rehabilitated) Akhalkalaki-Marabda line — was signed at Marabda.
mrdi.gov.ge
Rehabilitation of Marabda-Kartsakhi railway line. Retrieved on 2015-09-05.
See also
* Battle of Marabda
* Railway stations in Georgia
* Kvemo Kartli
Kvemo Kartli ( ka, ქვემო ქართლი ) or "Lower Kartli", is a historic province and current administrative region (mkhare) in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is the regional capital.
Location
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References
Populated places in Tetritsqaro Municipality
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