Official Name: | Sioni |
Native Name: | სიონი |
Settlement Type: | Townlet |
Pushpin Map: | Georgia#Georgia Mtskheta-Mtianeti |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Dusheti in Georgia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Mkhare |
Subdivision Name1: | Mtskheta-Mtianeti |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Tianeti |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 371 |
Timezone: | Georgian Time |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 41.9894°N 45.025°W |
Elevation M: | 1000 |
Sioni is a townlet in Georgia, the part of Tianeti Municipality, in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region. Located 80km (50miles) from the Tbilisi railway station, it arose in 1951 during the construction of the Sioni reservoir. Sioni obtained status of a townlet in 1960. Until the 1970s, it was called Sionmsheni.