page_title: Zestafoni Municipality
section_title: Rural areas
hierarchical_section_title: Zestafoni Municipality / Rural areas
caption_attribution_description: Sketch map of Zestafoni region in Georgia
context_page_description: Zestafoni is a municipality of Georgia, in the region of Imereti. The municipality covers a total area of 423 square kilometres and as of 2002 it had a population total of 76,208 people.
  Its main town is Zestafoni which is an important industrial center, with a large ferro-alloy plant processing manganese ore from nearby Chiatura. The municipality is a notable wine-growing region.
context_section_description: The rural areas include the communities of
  Boslevi, Dilikauri, Dzirula, Ilemi, Kldeeti, Kvaliti, Kveda Sakara, Kveda Sazano, Meore Sviri, Phuti, Pirveli Sviri, Rodinauli, Sanakhshire, Shrosha, Tskhratskaro, Zeda Sakara and Zovreti. 
  Each community typically includes two or three villages. 
  There are medieval castles in several villages, notably the Shorapani and Sviri castles in the historical village of Argveti and a castle from the 6th-7th centuries in Tabakini. There are old churches, ancient wine cellars and other points of interest for tourism.
  The Zestafoni Municipality has 5,000 hectares of vineyards accounting for 80% of all farmland.
  The Sakara Viticulture and Winemaking Scientific-Research Station plays an important role in developing viticulture in the Zestafoni Region. Other crops include maize and vegetables, cattle breeding and swine production.
caption: Communities in Zestafoni Municipality
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