It is located on the Shida Kartli plain, on the Suramula riverside, 700 metres (2,300 feet) above sea level.

Modern Khashuri was founded in 1872 as a modest railway stop called "Mikhaylovo" after Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Viceroy of the Caucasus.

In the 19th century after the leading Tbilisi-Poti main line, Khashuri gradually became a major transportation node.

[2] There is rail transport, glass container, food industry enterprises, educational and cultural institutions (public theatre, a museum of local lore).

The 18th-century tower, St. John and St. Marine's churches are preserved in the city.