Boriti
Boriti
ბორითი | |
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  Boriti Location within Georgia | |
| Coordinates: 42°06′46″N 43°16′12″E / 42.11278°N 43.27000°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Mkhare | Imereti |
| Municipality | Kharagauli |
| Elevation | 480 m (1,570 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 557 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Boriti (Georgian: ბორითი) is a village in the Kharagauli Municipality of Imereti in western Georgia. It lies on the river Dzirula. It is also the location of the death of a famous Georgian dissident and patriot Merab Kostava, where he died in 1989 due to a car crash (possible assassination).
References
[edit]- Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia Vol. 2, p. 471, 1977.