Gurjaani
Sign in to saveGurjaani () is a town in Kakheti, a region in eastern Georgia, and the seat of the Gurjaani Municipality. It is located in the Alazani River Plain, at an elevation of 415 m above sea level.
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- Locality
- გურჯაანი
- Region
- კახეთი
- Country
- საქართველო
- Population
- 7,217
- Timezone
- Asia/Tbilisi
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Gurjaani
- Settlement.native_name
- გურჯაანი
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- geo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- ქალაქი გურჯაანი.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Georgia#Georgia Kakheti
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Gurjaani
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kakheti
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 24px Gurjaani
- Settlement.established_title
- Town
- Settlement.established_date
- 1934
- Settlement.population_as_of
- January 1, 2024
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|right|300px|Gurjaani Church of All Saints The area around and in Gurjaani was already inhabited during the stone ages. The oldest church originates from the 8th century. As with the rest of the Kakheti region, also Gurjaani is an important wine region. The modern city was founded in 1934.
Get around
The city is small enough to be walkable.
See
thumb|right|300px|Nato Vachnadze House and Museum thumb|Gurjaani
Do
thumb|right|300px|Therapeutic muds of Akhtala
Buy
In the city center, there is a market area where you can find everything you need for daily life: ATM's of Bank of Georgia (orange terminal) and TBC Bank (blue terminal), pharmacies, a vet and lots of things for your car if you need to fix something. There are several super markets at the main road through the city (SH42).
Eat
Kakheti is well known for meat and barbecue. It is common using dry branches of grapevine to make a fire, wait for glowing ashes and then put meat skewers on a frame to grill the meat. When the meat is done it's put into bowls and mixed with fresh onions and herbs. It is also common to eat the grilled meat with tremali sauce (a kind of saur plum sauce).
Drink
There is a small and nice cafe in Ioseb Noneshvili Gamziri since 2022.
Go next
Telavi – the capital of Kakheti is a convenient base for exploring the region's wineries, castles, and monasteries Sighnaghi – A restored wine town with an extensive wall and close-by the popular Monastery of St. George at Bodbe (aka Bodbe Convent). Lagodekhi – A pretty border town (next to Azerbaijan) and a nearby nature reserve with subtropical forests. David Gareja Monastery Complex – A 6th century cave monastery clinging onto a rocky hillside lying meters away from Azerbaijan, with beautiful frescos. Can be reached by taxis or organized tours, no public transport available from Sighnaghi (only Tbilisi). 50 km from Sighnaghi, a detour along the way to/from Tbilisi.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Background
- History
- Sports
- Football Clubs
- Stadium
- Population
- People from Gurjaani
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notes
- References
Gurjaani () is a town in Kakheti, a region in eastern Georgia, and the seat of the Gurjaani Municipality. It is located in the Alazani River Plain, at an elevation of 415 m above sea level.
Gurjaani was first recorded as a village in a historical document of the early 16th century. It acquired the status of a town in Soviet Georgia in 1934. As of the 2014 census, Gurjaani had a population of 8,024. The town is the center of the largest wine-making region of Georgia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gurjaani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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