- Ambrolauri
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Ambrolauri
ამბროლაური
name_local = ამბროლაური
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mapsize = 280px
map_caption = Location of Ambrolauri in Georgia
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = GEO
subdivision_type1 =Mkhare
subdivision_name1 =Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
area_total_km2 =
area_land_km2 =
area_water_km2 =
population_as_of = 2002
population_footnotes =
population_total = 2,500
population_metro =
population_density_km2 =
timezone = GMT
utc_offset = +3
timezone_DST = GMT
utc_offset_DST = +4
latd=42 |latm=31 |lats=0 |latNS=N
longd=43 |longm=10 |longs=0 |longEW=E
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footnotes =Ambrolauri ( _ka. ამბროლაური) is a town in western Georgia which serves as a regional capital of
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti and the center of the homonymous district. As of the 2002 census, it had a population of 2,500.Ambrolauri is known from the 17th century when it served as one of the residences of the kings of Imereti. Of this royal complex, only the ruins of a church and a tower have survived. In 1769, the Imeretian king Solomon I granted this locale to the prince Zurab
Machabeli who erected a "Machabeli tower" there. Ambrolauri was officially granted the status of town in 1966. It was damaged by the1991 Racha earthquake .See also
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Barakoni
*Nikortsminda External links
* [http://www.invest-racha.com/ambrolaurios_municipaliteti.php Ambrolauri municipality]
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