Khashuri

a city (since 1921) and the administrative center of Khashuri Raion, Georgian SSR. Highway junction and junction of rail lines to Tbilisi, Samtredia, and Vale. Population, 26,000 (1974). Industry includes enterprises connected with railroad transport, a factory producing glass containers, a machine shop, a cannery, and a meat-packing and dairy combine. Khashuri has a museum of local lore.