Chkhorotsqu
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|native_name = ჩხოროწყუ
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|subdivision_type1 = Mkhare
|subdivision_name1 = Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Chkhorotsqu
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|population_total = 3,141
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|timezone = Georgian Time
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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}}
Notable residents
- Gogita Gogua, footballer
See also
References
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External links
- {{Dead link|url=http://www.georgianmuseums.ge/MuseumEn/Musums/samegrelo/Chkorotsku.html|title=Georgian Museums: Chkhorotsku Local Museum|date=May 2013}}. Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport of Georgia
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721030005/http://www.samargalo.ge/index.php?saxe=chven Nature and culture of Chkhorotsku]. Municipality of Chkhorotsku
{{Cities and towns in Georgia (country)}}
Category:Cities and towns in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
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