State Nature Reserve
Mariamjvari State Nature Reserve
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Mariamjvari State Nature Reserve is located in Sagarejo Municipality, Kakheti region, Georgia. The reserve lies on the southern slopes of the Tsiv-Gombori Range, northeast of the town of Sagarejo, near the village of Antoki. The reserve was established to protect pristine landscapes featuring Sosnowsky's pine (Pinus sosnowskyi Nakai), a relict species of the Caucasus. Similar landscapes are found nowhere else in Georgia or beyond its borders. Mariamjvari State Nature Reserve covers a total area of 1,022.5 hectares.