Chiatura (Georgian: ჭიათურა, romanized: ch'iatura) is a city in the Imereti region of Western Georgia.

The state set up the JSC Chiaturmanganese company to manage and exploit the huge deposit.

[2][3][4] In order to transport manganese ore to the ferro-alloy plant in Zestaponi the company developed a rail link which, operated today by Georgian Railways, is fully electrified.

In Chiatura are located the Tsereteli State Theater, 10 schools, Faculty of the Georgian Technical University, and the Mgvimevi Cathedral (10th-11th centuries).

[5] In 1906, a gold train carrying the miners' wages was attacked by Kote Tsintsadze's Druzhina (Bolshevik Expropriators' Club).

The police allowed the RSDRP to lead the strike provided that they did not make any political demands.

[10][11] In 2017, the Georgian government began rebuilding the system using modern cable car technology, beginning with the central four-line hub station.