Official Name: | Uravi |
Native Name: | ურავი |
Pushpin Map: | Georgia (country) |
Mapsize: | 280px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Mkhare |
Subdivision Name1: | Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Ambrolauri |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 295 |
Elevation M: | 1040 |
Timezone: | Georgian Time |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 42.6467°N 43.2897°W |
Uravi[1] (Georgian: ურავი) is a village in western Georgia in Ambrolauri District of the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region. It is located on the Lukhunis River, a tributary of the Rioni River that enters from the right (north).
Uravi was the site of an arsenic mine and processing plant when Georgia was part of the USSR, and the arsenic dump above the village leaches arsenic into the soil, the groundwater and the river.[2] [3] [4] The town depopulated after the arsenic factory closed. Plans to reopen the facility[5] were not successful.