Official Name: | Chkhorotsku |
Native Name: | ჩხოროწყუ |
Pushpin Map: | Georgia#Georgia Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Chkhorotsqu in Georgia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Mkhare |
Subdivision Name1: | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Chkhorotsqu |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 3,141 |
Timezone: | Georgian Time |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 42.5222°N 42.1292°W |
Elevation M: | 180 |
Chkhorotsqu or Chkhorotsku (Georgian: 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).[1] [2]