[2][3] A large part of the territory of Gurjaani municipality was within Hereti under Saeristavo (principality) of Vejini.

From the 70s of the 15th centuries, after the abolition of the principalities in Kakheti, there were several shrines (of Vejini, Veliszikhe, Kalauri, Shashiani, Akhasheni, Jimiti, Chumlaki and others).

Gurjaani municipality has an elected representative (council) and an executive body (town hall), a registered population, property, budget, and income.

[6] The territory of Gurjaani municipality belongs to the region of moderate humid subtropical climate.

The plain has a moderately humid climate with mild winters and hot summers in the east.

The Iori plateau has a dry subtropical steppe climate with moderately cold winters and hot summers.

The main river of the municipality is Alazani, with short tributaries of small water (Chermishkhevi, Shromiskhevi, Chalaubniskhevi, Tsiliana and others).

[12] The house museum of the famous Georgian poet Ioseb Noneshvili operates in the village of Kardenakhi.

[13][14] The house museum of the famous Georgian film actor Nato Vachnadze has been open in the village of Gurjaani since 1981.

There is an amphitheatre on the territory of the museum, and there is a copper monument of "Father of a Soldier" weighing 80 tons and it is 20 meters high.

[18] The museum of Ivane Beritashvili, the famous Georgian academician, and the founder of the Physiological School in Georgia, has been opened in the village of Vejini.

The main branch of industry is winemaking; there are several wine and spirits factories in the municipality, as well as small enterprises of other profiles.

An important Georgian architectural monument is the Gurjaani Kvelatsminda Church, located a few kilometres from the village of Vachnadziani.