Samtredia

Samtredia is a metropolis in Imereti, Georgia, mendacity in a lowland among the rivers Rioni and Tskhenis-Tsqali, 244 km west of the capital Tbilisi, and 27 km west of Georgia's 2nd largest city Kutaisi. Georgia’s maximum essential roads and railways converge there, making Samtredia the us of a’s important shipping hub. The Kopitnari Airport is likewise positioned in 10 km from Samtredia. The town's population is 29,694 as of the 2002 all-Georgia census.

The climate is humid subtropical, with moderate and warm winters and warm summers. Samtredia advanced from a critical railway junction within the 1870s and purchased city popularity in 1921. In the 1895s there was built the primary school on the town, 14th public college which these days is referred to as 12th public college. Under Soviet rule, the nearby economy varied from transportation to food and wooden manufacturing.Due to its strategic region, Samtredia performed a prominent role in the civil unrest early inside the 90s whilst anti-Soviet opposition businesses blocked the Samtredia junction from July 26 to 31 1990 with the intention to pressure the Soviet Georgian management to undertake a liberal election code.