An urban type settlement Abastumani, a mountain-climatic resort in Adigeni region is a healing place for consumptive patients. Situated on the southern slope of Meskheti mountain range, in the canyon of river Otskhe, on the height of 1300m., 28 kilometers away from Akhaltsikhe railway station Abastumani has a population of 5000 people (1969). Clear, limpid air, temperate dryness and the absence of strong winds are typical for the place. There are forests (pine-trees, fir-trees, spruce) on the mountain slopes. Summer is temperately warm, winter is mild and sunny. (Average temperature in January -6ºC; in July +17 ºC.) Precipitation is approximately 600mm a year. The water of weakly-mineralized thermal (from 40 up to 48 ºC) springs is used for curing patients with attendant diseases of supporting-impellent organs, nervous system, female disorders, etc. Season prevails all the year round. Abastumani astrophysical observatory is located near the resort.