Gardabani

Gardabani (, ) is a town in the Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli and the centre of the Gardabani Municipality, located 39 km south of Georgia's capital Tbilisi.
As of 2014, its population was 10,753. Formerly known as Karayazi it was renamed in Gardabani in 1947 and was given the status of a city in 1969. A Thermal Power Plant located in Gardabani currently provides the capital city of Tbilisi with most of its heat.