Editing Rustavi (section)

{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type    = City
| official_name      = Rustavi
| native_name        = რუსთავი
| native_name_lang   = ka
| image_skyline      = Rustavi Square.JPG
| imagesize          = 280
| image_caption      = Rustavi Square
| image_flag         = Flag of Rustavi.svg
| image_seal         = Coat of Arms of Rustavi.svg
| pushpin_map        = Georgia#Georgia Kvemo Kartli
| pushpin_mapsize    = 280px
| map_caption        = Location of Rustavi in Georgia
| subdivision_type   = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{GEO}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Mkhare]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kvemo Kartli]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]]
| governing_body     = [[Rustavi City Assembly]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Nino Latsabidze ([[Georgian Dream|GD]])
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=census2014detail />
| area_total_km2     = 60.6
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_water_km2     = 
| population_as_of   = 2025
| population_total   = 128,200
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://geostat.ge/media/61960/1-3-population-by-cities-and-boroughs.xlsx |title=Population by regions |publisher=National Statistics Office of Georgia |access-date=28 April 2024 }}</ref>
| population_metro   = 
| population_rank    = 3rd in Georgia
| population_density_km2 = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->| demographics_type1 = Population by ethnicity
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="etn14" />
| demographics1_title1 = [[Georgians]]
| demographics1_info1 = 91.8  %
| demographics1_title2 = [[Azerbaijanis]]
| demographics1_info2 = 3.7 %
| demographics1_title3 = [[Armenians]]
| demographics1_info3 = 1.6 %
| demographics1_title4 = [[Russians]]
| demographics1_info4 = 1.2 %
| demographics1_title5 = [[Ossetians]]
| demographics1_info5 = 0.4 %
| timezone           = Georgian Time
| utc_offset         = +4
| timezone_DST       = <!-- No DST in Georgia since 2005 -->
| utc_offset_DST     = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|41|32|37|N|45|00|42|E|region:GE|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 330
| elevation_ft       = 
| postal_code_type   = Postal code
| postal_code        = 3700
| area_code          = (+995) 341
| blank_name         = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info         = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cfa]]
| website            = {{URL|https://rustavi.gov.ge/}}
| footnotes          = 
| pushpin_relief     = y
| module             = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=12|frame-height=260 | stroke-width=1 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
}}
'''Rustavi''' ({{lang-ka|რუსთავი}} {{IPA|ka|ɾustʰavi||}}) is a city in the southeast of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], in the [[mkhare|region]] of [[Kvemo Kartli]] and {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of capital [[Tbilisi]]. It has a population of 127,154 (January 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population - National Statistics Office of Georgia |url=https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/41/population |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=www.geostat.ge |language=en}}</ref>), making it the [[List of cities and towns in Georgia (country)|third most populous]] city in Georgia. Its economy is dominated by the [[Rustavi Steel|Rustavi Metallurgical Plant]].