Place:Zestafoni, Imeretiya, Georgia (country)

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NameZestafoni
Alt namesZestaponisource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates42.117°N 43.05°E
Located inImeretiya, Georgia (country)
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Zestafoni or Zestaponi is the administrative center of Zestafoni District in Western Georgia. Zestafoni is the center of an ancient, historical part of Georgia – Margveti, which is a part of Imereti province. Zestafoni is the center of Margveti's Eparchy of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Zestafoni is situated in the furthest east of the Colchis Plateau, and is built on both banks of the Qvirila River.

It is an important industrial center, with a large ferro-alloy plant processing manganese ore from nearby Chiatura. Zestafoni is in the Kolkheti lowlands, a semi-tropical region with relatively cold winters averaging in January and hot summers averaging in August. The surrounding countryside is a wine-growing region.[1]

Zestafoni is an inhabited place.

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