Lia
Lia is a small town in northwestern Georgia located in the municipality of Tsalenjikha near the border with the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. It is notable as the site of the 2001 Lia radiological accident.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,520 residents
- Description: village in Tsalenjikha Municipality, Georgia
- Also known as: “Lia, Georgia” and “Liya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tsalenjikha and Jvari.
Tsalenjikha
Town
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Tsalenjikha is a town in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of western Georgia with a population of 3,847 as of 2014. It is located on the river Chanistsqali. Tsalenjikha is situated 7 km southeast of Lia.
Jvari
Photo: P1rvela, Public domain.
Jvari is a very old settlement in Northwestern Georgia in the Tsalenjikha municipality. It sits at the foot of the Caucasus mountains, at the gateway to Mestia.
Lia
- Categories: geographical feature, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
42.65867° or 42° 39′ 31″ northLongitude
42.00536° or 42° 0′ 19″ eastPopulation
1,520Elevation
211 metres (692 feet)Open location code
8HJ4M254+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 540598026OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
613198Wikidata ID
Q13501353
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From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Lia” goes by many names.
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