Gardabani გარდაბანი | |
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Town | |
) Building of the Gardabani Municipality Self-Government | |
)  Gardabani Location of Gardabani in Georgia ) Gardabani Gardabani (Kvemo Kartli) | |
| Coordinates: 41°27′0″N 45°06′0″E / 41.45000°N 45.10000°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Region | Kvemo Kartli |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,753 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Gardabani (Georgian: გარდაბანი, Azerbaijani: Qarayazı) is a town in the Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli and the centre of the Gardabani Municipality, located 39 km south of Georgia's capital Tbilisi.
As of 2014, its population was 10,753.[1] Formerly known as Karayazi it was renamed in Gardabani in 1947[2] and was given the status of a city in 1969. A Thermal Power Plant located in Gardabani currently provides the capital city of Tbilisi with most of its heat.[3]
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Monument or memorial in the municipal square at Gardabani, Georgia
The power station on the Rustavi to Gardabani road, Georgia
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References
- ^ a b "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ საქართველოს სსრ უმაღლესი საბჭოს პრეზიდიუმის საინფორმაციო-სტატისტიკური განყოფილება, „საქართველოს სსრ ადმინისტრაციულ ტერიტორიული დაყოფა 1949 წლის 1 სექტემბრისათვის“, თბ., 1949. (in Georgian)
- ^ "Gardabani Thermal Power Plant Opened". Georgian Oil & Gas Corporation. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2017.