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Lanchkhuti Municipality ლანჩხუთის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Municipality
View of Lanchkhuti, 2018
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Location of the municipality within Georgia
Country	Georgia
Region	Guria
Capital	Lanchkhuti
Government
• Mayor	Alexander Sarishvili (GD)
Area
• Total	533 km (206 sq mi)
Population
• Total	31,486
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time)
Website	lanchkhuti.gov.ge

Lanchkhuti (Georgian: ლანჩხუთის მუნიციპალიტეტი, Lančxutis municip’alit’et’i) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Guria. Its main town is Lanchkhuti.

Lanchkhuti municipality is located in western Georgia, northwest of the Guria Mountains, bordered on the west by an 18 km (11 mi) Black Sea coast. The municipality occupies 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) of the Kolkheti National Park, the purpose of which is to protect the flora and fauna in the Kolkheti lowlands, as well as to preserve nature intact. The villages of the mountainous zone are located 400 to 500 m (1,300 to 1,600 ft). At an altitude above sea level, the villages of the lowland zone are mainly bordered by Kolkheti National Park. Most of the municipality is a subtropical zone.

Lanchkhuti is 300 km (190 mi) away from Tbilisi, 85 km (53 mi) away from Batumi, 42 km (26 mi) away from Poti. There are two lakes in the municipality and five rivers with a total length of 75 km (47 mi), the municipality is known for many minerals, including: limestone deposits, clay, peat, Shukhuti rock-rich ore deposit, Supsa sand-gravel deposit. The total land fund of the municipality as of January 1, 2006 is 49860.9 ha, the largest part of which - 76% - is still owned by the state.

Settlements

Politics

Lanchkhuti Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ლანჩხუთის საკრებულო, Lanchkhuti Sakrebulo) is a representative body in Lanchkhuti Municipality, consisting of 27 members and elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021.

Gallery

• Aketi Saviour Church
• Sameba Jikheti monastery church
• Church in Upper Aketi
• Museum of Egnate Ninoshvili

See also

• List of municipalities in Georgia (country)

References

1. "Მუნიციპალიტეტის მერი".
2. "Მუნიციპალიტეტის ძირითადი მონაცემები".
3. "Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2017" (PDF) (in Georgian). CESKO Central Election Commission. pp. 76–78. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
4. "Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021" (PDF) (in Georgian). CESKO Central Election Commission. pp. 94–96. Retrieved 2021-01-06.

External links

• Districts of Georgia, Statoids.com

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