Samtredia

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Samtredia evolved from a crucial railway junction in the 1870s and acquired town status in 1921. In the 1895s there was built the first school in town, 14th public school which today is known as 12th public school. Under Soviet rule, the local economy diversified from transportation to food and wood production.

Due to its strategic location, Samtredia played a prominent role in the civil unrest early in the 1990s when anti-Soviet opposition groups blocked the Samtredia junction from July 26 to 31 1990 in order to force the Soviet Georgian leadership to adopt a liberal election code.Jonathan Wheatley (2005), Georgia from National Awakening to Rose Revolution: Delayed Transition in the Former Soviet Union, p. 52. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., {{ISBN|0-7546-4503-7}}. The junction was again blocked in March–April 1991, this time by the new government of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, in an attempt to exert pressure on the central Soviet authorities. This blockade, however, inflicted heavy damage not only to the economy of Georgia but to the neighbouring Armenia, which was largely dependent on Georgia’s railways.

In 1993, Samtredia became one of the major battlegrounds in the Georgian Civil War in which the forces loyal to the ousted President Gamsakhurdia confronted the post-coup government troops, and briefly controlled the town from October 17 to October 23, 1993, putting all communications to Tbilisi under threat.Cornell, Svante (2001), Small Nations and Great Powers: A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Caucasus, p. 173. Routledge, {{ISBN|0-7007-1162-7}}. Although Samtredia has been stable ever since, the post-Soviet crisis resulted in a significant economic decline that have since only been partially reversed.

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|location= Samtredia, 26 m asl (1971–2000 normals)

|Jan record high C= 21.8

|Feb record high C= 24.6

|Mar record high C= 28.8

|Apr record high C= 33.3

|May record high C= 35.7

|Jun record high C= 39.5

|Jul record high C= 41.1

|Aug record high C= 39.3

|Sep record high C= 36.5

|Oct record high C= 32.4

|Nov record high C= 29.5

|Dec record high C= 23.8

|year record high C=

|Jan high C= 9.0

|Feb high C= 9.7

|Mar high C= 14.2

|Apr high C= 20.7

|May high C= 23.8

|Jun high C= 27.4

|Jul high C= 28.1

|Aug high C= 28.7

|Sep high C= 26.3

|Oct high C= 21.9

|Nov high C= 15.6

|Dec high C= 11.0

|year high C=

|Jan mean C= 5.7

|Feb mean C= 6.0

|Mar mean C= 9.6

|Apr mean C= 14.9

|May mean C= 18.1

|Jun mean C= 22.0

|Jul mean C= 23.7

|Aug mean C= 23.9

|Sep mean C= 20.9

|Oct mean C= 16.7

|Nov mean C= 11.5

|Dec mean C= 7.5

|year mean C=

|Jan low C= 2.3

|Feb low C= 2.3

|Mar low C= 4.9

|Apr low C= 9.0

|May low C= 12.5

|Jun low C= 16.5

|Jul low C= 19.3

|Aug low C= 19.1

|Sep low C= 15.6

|Oct low C= 11.5

|Nov low C= 7.3

|Dec low C= 3.9

|year low C=

|Jan record low C= -11.4

|Feb record low C= -10.4

|Mar record low C= -9

|Apr record low C= -2.9

|May record low C= 3.2

|Jun record low C= 7.6

|Jul record low C= 12.0

|Aug record low C= 11.2

|Sep record low C= 5.8

|Oct record low C= 0.6

|Nov record low C= -2.5

|Dec record low C= -5.6

|year record low C=

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm= 208.2

|Feb precipitation mm= 136.4

|Mar precipitation mm= 101.2

|Apr precipitation mm= 79.0

|May precipitation mm= 72.2

|Jun precipitation mm= 105.0

|Jul precipitation mm= 112.5

|Aug precipitation mm= 117.9

|Sep precipitation mm= 124.3

|Oct precipitation mm= 140.0

|Nov precipitation mm= 176.0

|Dec precipitation mm= 185.8

|year precipitation mm=

|unit precipitation days= 1 mm

|Jan precipitation days= 14.8

|Feb precipitation days= 12.2

|Mar precipitation days= 11.0

|Apr precipitation days= 8.8

|May precipitation days= 9.4

|Jun precipitation days= 10.3

|Jul precipitation days= 9.1

|Aug precipitation days= 8.3

|Sep precipitation days= 8.7

|Oct precipitation days= 9.0

|Nov precipitation days= 12.5

|Dec precipitation days= 13.5

|year precipitation days=

|source 1= Météo climat stats{{cite web |url=http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/listenormale-1981-2010-1-p68.php|title=Moyennes 1981–2010 Géorgie|language=fr|access-date=11 November 2019}}

|source 2= Météo Climat {{cite web|url=http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/station-434-1959-1991.php|title=Météo Climat stats for Samtredia |publisher=Météo Climat|access-date=11 November 2019}}

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• Kakha Kaladze – Incumbent mayor of Tbilisi, former defender of Dynamo Kyiv, A.C. Milan and Georgia national football team ex-captain.
• Andrea Razmadze - Mathematician, co-founder of Tbilisi State University.
• Solomon Kvirkvelia – Georgian football player

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