Shuakhevi Explained

Official Name:Shuakhevi
Native Name:შუახევი
Native Name Lang:geo
Settlement Type:Borough
Pushpin Map:Georgia#Georgia Adjara
Mapsize:280px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous Republic
Subdivision Name1:Adjara
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:797
Timezone:Georgian Time
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:41.6269°N 42.1869°W

Shuakhevi (Georgian: შუახევი in Georgian pronounced as /ʃuaχevi/) is a small town in Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Adjara, 67 km east to the regional capital Batumi. Situated on the right bank of the Adjaristsqali River, it is an administrative center of Shuakhevi District, which comprises the town itself and 67 adjoining mountainous villages. The area of the district is 588 km2; population – 15,044 (2014).

There is a plant to build Shuakhevi hydro power plant, a run-of-the-river plant with installed capacity of 185 MW with expected electricity output of 452 GWh.[1] It is expected to be commissioned in 2016.[2]

Near the town are the ruins of a medieval fortress.

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41.6333°N 53°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ebrd.com/pages/project/psd/2014/45335.shtml Project summary document on Shuakhevi HPP.
  2. http://www.alstom.com/press-centre/2014/2/alstom-to-supply-equipment-for-shuakhevi-hydropower-plant-in-georgia/ Alstom to supply equipment for Shuakhevi hydropower plant in Georgia.