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Chiatura (Georgian: ჭიათურა, romanized: ch'iatura) is a city in the Imereti region of Western Georgia. In 1989, it had a population of about 30,000. The city is known for its system of cable cars connecting the city's center to the mining settlements on the surrounding hills.
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Sachkhere is a small, scrappy town 15kms northeast of Chiatura. The primary reason to visit Sachkhere is to see its marvellous, and recently renovated, turn-of-the-20th-century railway station. But, if you have your own transport, or don’t mind hopping off a marshrutka in the middle of nowhere and then walking a bit, there are two magnificent piece...
There are very few hotel options in Chiatura and if you want to stay as central as possible, you’ll probably have to pick between the Hotel Imereti and the Hotel Newland. They are next door to each other and there’s not much to choose between them. We stayed at the Newland and paid 60 lari for a double room with private bathroom. As our second stay...
Chiatura has been granted the town’s status in 1924, but its history began in the antiquity. In the high cliffs surrounding this town in Imereti , the caves where locals used to live are still preserved to this day.
Chiatura, city, central Georgia. Chiatura lies along the Kvirila River in a deep trench in the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus range. It is the centre of one of the largest manganese-mining areas of the world. The ore, which was first discovered in 1849, has been exploited since 1879.
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- Ride the new Chiatura cable cars. There are four new cableways in Chiatura with a total length of almost 3,500 metres. All of them depart from a new, modern lower station building called Central Cable Car Station.
- Photograph the old Chiatura cable car stations. Even though the new cable cars now reign supreme, you can still see and photograph some of Chiatura’s now abandoned Soviet-era infrastructure.
- Go inside a preserved station building. Of all the abandoned cable car station buildings in Chiatura, this one is probably the best-preserved. It looks like whoever operated this particular line just stood up and walked out one day, leaving their books and pillows strewn around.
- Chiatura Regional Museum. Established in 1962, Chiatura’s local museum is located in a stately collonaded building on the main road, next door to the new Central Cable Car Station.
Jun 17, 2014 · Chiatura, mining town located in a mountain valley on the banks of the Qvirila River in Imereti region of Western Georgia 182km from Tbilisi, is famous for its picturesque landscape and Soviet era cable cars which according to dailymail despite its rusty and ageing appearance, is one of the most incredible engineering spectacles in the world.
Chiatura Municipality is located in the Imereti region, in the basin of the river Kvirila. It includes the north-western part of the Chiatura Plateau and the southern slope of the Racha Range. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Chiatura.
