Tamarisi თამარისი | |
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  Tamarisi Location in Georgia Show map of Georgia Tamarisi Tamarisi (Kvemo Kartli) Show map of Kvemo Kartli | |
| Coordinates:41°28′26″N44°43′07″E / 41.47389°N 44.71861°E /41.47389; 44.71861 | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Mkhare | Kvemo Kartli |
| Municipality | Bolnisi |
| Daba | 1982 |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 697 |
| Climate | Cfa |
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Tamarisi is adaba (Urban-type settlement) in southernGeorgia with almost 700 residents (2021[1]), located inBolnisi Municipality (Kvemo Kartliregion). Tamarisi is located 7 kilometers west of the city ofMarneuli, on the GeorgianS6 highway (E117). Five kilometers to the south is the larger village of Tamarisi, which belongs to the municipality ofMarneuli, with which it should not be confused.
Tamarisi is located between the villages of Parizi and Tsurtavi and was established in 1982 with the establishment of a large poultry factory, on the south side of theS6 highway, to house its labourforce. It immediately acquired the status of anurban-type settlement (daba) when it was founded. A decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR decided to do so on March 30, 1982, which also assigned the name Tamarisi.[3]
Tamarisi is administratively the center and namesake of the Tamarisi community (temi, თემი) within theBolnisi Municipality, which also includes the (neighboring) villages of Parizi and Tsurtavi. The town is located at the foot of the Kvemo Kartli Plateau that rises about 150 m (490 ft) above the village. This plateau, from which theKhrami River flows through a gorge, turns here into the Kvemo Kartli Plain. Next to the Tamarisi Poultry Factory is the 18th centuryKolagiri fortress.[4]
At the beginning of 2021, Tamarisi had a population of 697,[1] an increase of almost 19% compared to the 2014 census. The population of Tamarisi was made up in 2014 of a majority of Georgians (56.3%), followed by Azerbaijanis (38.6%) and Armenians (3.1%).
| 1979 | 1989 | 2002[5] | 2014 | 2021 | ||||||||||
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| - | 707 |  434 |  510 | 697 | ||||||||||
| Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.[6] Note:[5] | ||||||||||||||
