Zeda Sakara
Place in Imereti, Georgia
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Zeda Sakara (Georgian: ზედა საქარა) is a community in the west of Georgia, about 40 km to the southeast of Kutaisi at an elevation of about 264 m, in the Zestaponi District. The village is about 1 km to the east of Kveda Sakara.
Zeda Sakara
ზედა საქარა | |
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Zestaponi region. Zeda Sakara is to the north of Zestaponi town | |
  Zeda Sakara Location of Zeda Sakara in Georgia | |
| Coordinates: 42°8′33″N 43°3′59″E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Mkhare | Imereti |
| Municipality | Zestaponi Municipality |
| Elevation | 980 ft (300 m) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 2,099 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
The psychologist and philosopher Dimitri Uznadze was born in this village in 1886.[1]
The Sakara Testing Station of Horticulture, established in 1932, had many varieties of apples and pears.[2] There are also many varieties of local Georgian grapevine.[3] The Sakara Viticulture and Winemaking Scientific-Research Station plays an important role in developing viticulture in the Zestaponi Region.[4] There is tourist potential: Zeda Sakara has a castle that dates to the 11th century.[4]
