Aspindza

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.

Aspindza

ასპინძა
Borough
Aspindza
Location in Georgia
Aspindza
Aspindza (Samtskhe-Javakheti)
Coordinates: 41°34′26″N 43°15′22″E
Country Georgia
RegionSamtskhe-Javakheti
Borough from1961
Elevation
1,090 m (3,580 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total2,793
Time zoneGMT+4

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 2 June 2016.
  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


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