Borjomi (geo)

Borjomi

Borjomi ranks 7,418th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Velyki Sorochyntsi, Monessen, Pennsylvania, and São João da Boa Vista. Memorable people born in Borjomi include Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, and Nodar Kumaritashvili. Borjomi has been the birth place of many noblemen, and athletes. Borjomi is located in Georgia.

Borjomi is a resort town in south-central Georgia with a population of 11,173. Located 165 km from Tbilisi, it is one of the six municipalities of the Samtskhe–Javakheti region and is situated in the northwestern part of the region in the picturesque Borjomi Gorge on the eastern edge of Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park. The town is noted for its mineral water industry, the Romanov summer palace in Likani and Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park. Borjomi mineral water is particularly well-known in Georgia as well as other countries that were part of the former Soviet Union; the bottling of mineral water is a major source of income for the area. Because of the supposed curative powers of the area's mineral springs, it is a frequent destination for people with health problems. Borjomi is also home to the most extensive ecologically-themed amusement park in the Caucasus. Read more on Wikipedia