Sachkhere

Sachkhere (Georgian საჩხერე; Sačxere; Sačchere ), Eng. Sachkhere, is a small town in the northern part of the province of Imereti in western Georgia. It lies at an altitude of about 510 meters. The city has about 6,700 inhabitants ( 2002).

Traffic

Sachkhere has a railway station. By 2008, the city was also joined by the trolleybus Chiatura the same city.

Sports

  • The FC Tschichura Sachkhere, a football club, playing in the second division of Georgia.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Bidsina Ivanishvili, businessman and politician
  • Georgi Eliava (1892-1937), bacteriologist and high school teachers in Tbilisi
  • Giorgi Assanidse (* 1975), Weightlifting

Other personalities who are associated with the city

  • Akaki Tsereteli (1840-1915, † in Sachkhere ), poet and politician and one of the leaders of the Georgian national movement
Administrative divisions of Georgia (country) Bidzina Ivanishvili
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