Chkhorotsqu

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|official_name = Chkhorotsku

|native_name = ჩხოროწყუ

|image_skyline = File:View to Chkhorotsku - panoramio.jpg

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|pushpin_map = Georgia#Georgia Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Chkhorotsqu in Georgia

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{GEO}}

|subdivision_type1 = Mkhare

|subdivision_name1 = Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti

|subdivision_type2 = District

|subdivision_name2 = Chkhorotsqu

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|population_as_of = 2014

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|population_total = 3,141

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|timezone = Georgian Time

|utc_offset = +4

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|coordinates = {{coord|42|31|20|N|42|7|45|E|region:GE|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_m = 180

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Chkhorotsqu or Chkhorotsku ({{lang-ka|ჩხოროწყუ}}, Mingrelian for "nine springs") is a townlet in western Georgia, located in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and functioning as the administrative center of the homonymous district. Its population was 3,141 as of 2014 (including over 1,500 IDPs from breakaway Abkhazia).{{in lang|ka}} {{Dead link|url=http://www.government.gov.ge/docs/regions/samegrelo-zemo_svaneti.pdf Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti: Passport|date=May 2013}}, p. 6. Government of Georgia. Retrieved on 2008-07-30.{{cite web |url=http://www.geostat.ge/index.php?action=page&p_id=2152&lang=geo |title=მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერა 2014 |date=November 2014 |publisher=საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური |accessdate=7 November 2016}}

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