Photos • Location


Aspindza Latitude and Longitude:
41°34′24″N 43°15′00″E / 41.57333°N 43.25000°E / 41.57333; 43.25000
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aspindza
ასპინძა
Borough
Aspindza is located in Georgia
Aspindza
Aspindza
Location in Georgia
Aspindza is located in Samtskhe-Javakheti
Aspindza
Aspindza
Aspindza (Samtskhe-Javakheti)
Coordinates: 41°34′24″N 43°15′00″E / 41.57333°N 43.25000°E / 41.57333; 43.25000
Country  Georgia
Region Samtskhe-Javakheti
District Aspindza
Borough from1961
Elevation
1,090 m (3,580 ft)
Population
 (2014) [1]
 • Total2,793
Time zoneGMT+4

Aspindza ( Georgian: ასპინძა) is a daba ("small town") in southern Georgia's region of Samtskhe-Javakheti with a population of 2,793 (2014 census), mostly ethnic Georgians. [2] It is located at around 41°34′26″N 43°15′22″E / 41.57389°N 43.25611°E / 41.57389; 43.25611.

History

The word "Aspindza" derives from a Persian word "اسب انداز", which means "a place to rest". The year of the foundation the town is considered to be 888, as Leonti Mroveli ( Georgian: ლეონტი მროველი) tells -

The run away Nasra was caught near Samtskhe, and killed by Aspindza in the year 888

[3]

By the end of the 16th century Aspindza had been conquered by the Ottoman Turks. According to their census, "Aspindza was a big village, that consisted of 50 families with gardens and orchards". The village is mentioned in chronicle of Sumbat Davitisdze ( Georgian: სუმბატ დავითის ძე) and Vakhushti ( Georgian: ვახუშტი). [4]

Literature

See also

References

  1. ^ "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ 2002 Georgia Census Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. State Department of Statistics of Georgia. Retrieved on February 16, 2010
  3. ^ Ivane Javakhishvili, „ The history of Georgian Nation“, II, 1983, page 102
  4. ^ ჯიქია; გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი. წიგნი III. გამოკვლევა. თბილისი, 1958

External links


Stub icon

This Georgia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Aspindza&oldid=1019501720"