Narazeni

Narazeni

ნარაზენი
Narazeni ნარაზენი
Village
	Narazeni Cultural Hall building
	Narazeni Location in Georgia Narazeni Narazeni (Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti)
	Coordinates: 42°24′45″N 41°56′46″E / 42.41250°N 41.94611°E
Country	Georgia
Mkhare	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Municipality	Zugdidi
Government
• Rtsmunebuli	Nana Janjgava
Elevation	440 ft (130 m)
Population (2014)
• Total	2,345
Demonym(s)	Narazenian,Narazenali
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Narazeni (Georgian and Mingrelian: ნარაზენი) is a village in the Zugdidi Municipality of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of western Georgia. Situated 17 km east of the city Zugdidi.

History

The village was on the transit route in the Silk Road period.

During the Soviet period, Narazeni was a farming village. There were tea plantations, fruit gardens, and mandarine plantations.

Presently, the head of the village is Nana Janjgava (2015-).

The village is partly mountainous. The Chanistskali River flows through the village.

As of 2014, the village has a population of 2,345. Narazeni residents speak Mengrelian, Georgian, Russian and a little bit English.

In the village there are three schools, a kindergarten, ambulance, police, and a few shops. During the Soviet period a newspaper in the Megrelian language called "Narazenish Chai" was published in the village.

Eleonora Archaia - (b. 1967) is a Georgian politician and Bussinesswoman, who is a member of Kutaisi City Assembly.