 zestafoni or zestaponi (correct pronunciation - zestaphoni [zÉstÊ¼apÊ°Éni]) () is the administrative center of zestafoni district in western georgia. zestafoni is the center of an ancient, historical part of georgia - margveti, which is a part of imereti province. zestafoni is the center of margveti's eparchy of the georgian orthodox church. zestafoni is situated in the furthest east of the kolkheti plateau. the city is built on the both banks of the river kvirila. it is an important industrial center, with a large ferro-alloy plant processing manganese ore from nearby chiatura. zestafoni is in the kolkheti lowlands, a semi-tropical region with relatively cold winters averaging  in january and hot summers averaging  in august. the surrounding countryside is a wine-growing region. ==industry== the town of zestafoni and the smaller neighboring town of shorapani are industrial centers. the zestafoni ferro-alloy plant processes raw manganese ore shipped by rail down the kvirila valley from chiatura, supplying 6% of world demand. the largest ferroalloy plant in the country, in 1998 it produced 35,000 tonnes of silicomanganese and 11,000 tonnes of medium-carbon manganese alloy. this was well below its previous peak production of 110,000 tonnes of manganese-based alloys.{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1g1-54301945.html |title=russ
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