Dedoplistskaro or Dedoplistsqaro ( ka, დედოფლისწყაროს მუნიციპალიტეტი, 'Queen's spring') is a municipality of
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
, in the region of
Kakheti
Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...
.
Dedoplistskaro municipality is bordered on the west and north by
Signagi Municipality
Sighnaghi ( ka, სიღნაღის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is an administrative-territorial unit in eastern Georgia, Kakheti region. The municipality borders the municipalities of Gurjaani and Sagarejo to the northwest an ...
, and to the east and south by
Azerbaijan
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. Dedoplistskaro municipality is the largest administrative unit of
Kakheti
Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...
. The area of the municipality is . A large part of the territory of Dedoplistskaro municipality is occupied by the
Iori Plateau
The Iori Plateau ( ka, ივრის ზეგანი, ''ivris zegani''), also known as Gare-Kakheti Plateau (გარე კახეთის ზეგანი, ''gare kakhet'is zegani'') is a plateau between the Kura and Alazani rivers in ...
, which stretches to the extreme south-eastern part of the Eldri plain. The municipality's administrative center is
Dedoplistsqaro
Dedoplistskaro or Dedoplistsqaro ( ka, დედოფლისწყარო, , literally: ''Queen's spring'') is a town in Kakheti, Georgia with the population of 5,940. The town is located in the Shiraki Plain, eastern Georgia, and functions a ...
.
History
From ancient times the territory of present-day Dedoplistskaro municipality was part of the historical Kambechovani province of Georgia. It was sometimes part of
Kakheti
Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...
and sometimes of Hereti. The main city of Kambechovan was
Khornabuji, which was first mentioned in sources in the fifth century AD. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Dedoplistskaro, as an administrative-territorial unit, was part of Sighnaghi Mazra.
The name ''Dedoplistskaro'' has been known in historical sources since the eleventh century, when
King David the Builder established a military post here. According to the legend, the origin of ''Dedoplistskaro'' is connected to the name of
Queen Tamar
Tamar the Great ( ka, თამარ მეფე, tr, lit. "King Tamar") ( 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dynasty ...
. According to this legend, Queen Tamar visited Kambechovan with
David Soslan
David Soslan ( ka, დავით სოსლანი, tr) (died 1207) was a prince from Alania and second husband of Queen Tamar, whom he married in c. 1189. He is chiefly known for his military exploits during Georgia's wars against its Musli ...
and lived in Khornabuji for two weeks. At the top of the mountain were spring waters. The same year, the water was brought through clay pipes near the Khornabuji fortress and was renamed Dedoplistskaro ('Queen's water'), and later the name was extended to a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
built there. In 1803, Russian troops established a military base on the site. They changed the name to Tsarsky Kolodtsi. Later, the Soviet authorities renamed the place Tsiteltskaro ('red water'). In 1991, the city and the entire district were restored to its historic name. Since 2006 it has been a municipality.
Administrative divisions and population
![Khornabuji Fortress, Georgia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Khornabuji_Fortress%2C_Georgia.jpg)
The municipality consists of 14 administrative units and 16 settlements. According to the
National Statistics Office of Georgia
The National Statistics Office (GeoStat) ( ka, საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური, ''sak'art'velos statistikis erovnuli samsakhuri''; საქსტატი, '' ...
, the population of Dedoplistsqaro Municipality is 20,700 people. 5,700 people live in urban areas and 15,000 people in rural areas.
The main zone of settlement is spread within above sea level. Mostly Georgians, a small number of Armenians, Russians, Azerbaijanis, and other nationalities live in the municipality. The largest part is the rural population.
Dedoplistsqaro is divided into the following administrative units:
* Town of
Dedoplistskaro
Dedoplistskaro or Dedoplistsqaro ( ka, დედოფლისწყარო, , literally: ''Queen's spring'') is a town in Kakheti, Georgia with the population of 5,940. The town is located in the Shiraki Plain, eastern Georgia, and functions a ...
*
Arboshiki
*
Arkhiloskalo
*
Gamarjveba
*
Khornabuji (including
Choeti)
*
Kvemo Kedi
*
Mirzaani Mirzaani ( ka, მირზაანი) is a village in Georgia. It is located in Dedoplistsqaro Municipality, 15 kilometers from Dedoplistsqaro. Elevation: 750 meters. According to the 2014 census, 433 people lived in the village, the majority of ...
*
Ozaani (including
Tavtsqaro)
*
Pirosmani Pirosmani may refer to:
*Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918), Georgian painter
* ''Pirosmani'' (film), a 1969 Soviet biographical film about the painter
*Pirosmani, an administrative unit of Dedoplistsqaro Municipality
Dedoplistskaro or Dedoplistsqaro ...
*
Sabatlo
*
Samreklo
*
Samtatskaro
*
Zemo Kedi
*
Zemo Machkhaani
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Census data
Geography and climate
Dedoplistskaro municipality is located in the
Kakheti
Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...
region. Its administrative center is Dedoplistskaro city. The municipality from the west and north is bordered by
Sighnaghi Municipality
Sighnaghi ( ka, სიღნაღის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is an administrative-territorial unit in eastern Georgia, Kakheti region. The municipality borders the municipalities of Gurjaani and Sagarejo to the northwest a ...
, and from the east and south by the
Republic of Azerbaijan
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th ...
. Dedoplistskaro is the largest administrative unit in Kakheti. The majority of the municipality is occupied by the Iori highland, which stretches to the extreme south-east part, to the Eldari lowland. The Eldari lowland is the only place in Georgia where semi-desert landscape is developed.
The municipality's territory includes the Gombori ridge south-east ending and also the Alazani lowland part from the village Samtatskaro to the river Agrichai connection. The hydrological network is poorly developed in Dedoplistskaro. There are short temporary rivers in this region. The district includes the following rivers:
Alazani
The Alazani ( ka, ალაზანი, az, Qanıx) is a river that flows through the Caucasus. It is the main tributary of the Kura in eastern Georgia, and flows for . Part of its path forms the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan, before it ...
,
Iori, Velijvari, Lekistskali, Uzundaraskhevi, Kushiskhevi, Ghoristskliskhevi, Kumuriskhevi, Pantishariaskhevi and others, as well as Kochebi lake and Patara lake. Dedoplistskaro is characterized by its ecological and biological diversity including semi-desert vegetation, prairie, rare forests and grove forests.
Vashlovani National Park
Vashlovani National Park ( ka, ვაშლოვანის ეროვნული პარკი) is a national park located in the eastern part of Georgia, and was established in 1935 to preserve its unique shallow forests. In April 2003 ...
features desert and arid and deciduous forests. A number of plant species and animals are also found in the municipality, for example the striped hyena, gazelle, lynx, jackal, fox, wolf, Lelian's cat, badger and others. Dedoplistskaro's territory has two types of climate: a moderately warm steppe climate in the south and a moderately humid climate in the north. The average yearly temperature is .
Politics
![Dedoplis Tskaro and Ilia mountain (G](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Dedoplis_Tskaro_and_Ilia_mountain_%28G.N._2009%29.jpg)
Dedoplistskaro Municipal Assembly () is a representative body in Dedoplistskaro Municipality currently consisting of 28 members. The council is assembled into session regularly to consider subject matters such as code changes, utilities, taxes, city budget, oversight of city government and more. Dedoplistskaro sakrebulo is elected every four years. The last election was held in
October 2017.
Education
There are 17 preschools in Dedoplistsqaro Municipality. Inclusive education is a special priority in the municipality's kindergartens.
15 public schools and one private school operate in the municipality.
Culture
Dedoplistsqaro Museum of Local Lore
Dedoplistsqaro Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1975. The museum mainly preserves clay and bronze materials discovered during archeological excavations in the Dedoplistsqaro area (from the sixth to first centuries BC to the late feudal era): seals, jewelry, medical clayware, bronze tweezers, cult sculptures, buffalo masks, Scythian arrow blades.
Numismatic
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Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also includ ...
finds include sixth-century
Sasanian silver and gold coins, Georgian,
Hulaguid, Russian, and German coins. There are ethnographic materials such as Qizikian rugs, saddlebags, striped woven cloths, red runners (carpets), gold-embroidered Qajar, and household items. The museum also keeps the paintings of Georgian artists of the twentieth century (
Robert Sturua
Robert Sturua ( ka, რობერტ სტურუა; born 31 July 1938, Tbilisi) is a Georgian theater director, who gained international acclaim for his original interpretation of the works of Brecht, Shakespeare, and Chekhov. He was based ...
, A. Popiashvili, J. Gvimradze, R. Tordia, and V. Albirov). About 10,000 exhibits are preserved in the Dedoplistsqaro Museum of Local Lore. The museum's partner organizations are the Archaeological Institutes of Berlin and Halle.
Niko Pirosmanashvili House-Museum
Niko Pirosmanashvili House-Museum is a historical monument located in the Pirosmani district of the village of
Mirzaani Mirzaani ( ka, მირზაანი) is a village in Georgia. It is located in Dedoplistsqaro Municipality, 15 kilometers from Dedoplistsqaro. Elevation: 750 meters. According to the 2014 census, 433 people lived in the village, the majority of ...
, Dedoplistsqaro Municipality. It was established in 1960 based on a house built by the artist in 1898. The complex includes a residential house, ancillary buildings, an exhibition hall built in 1979, in which the artist's organic paintings are exhibited ("Woman playing the harmonium", "Woman with Easter eggs", and "Shota Rustaveli"). More than 9,000 exhibits are kept in the museum, including Pirosmani's personal file from 1890, which sheds light on Pirosmani's biography and Pablo Picasso's lithograph "Portrait of Pirosmanashvili". The works of Georgian artists of the 20th century are also kept in the museum, reflecting the Qizikian life of the 20th century, carpets, rugs, pottery, work tools, and more.
Khornabuji Peoples' Friendship Museum
Khornabuji Peoples' Friendship Museum is a historical monument, located in the village of Khornabuji. The museum was founded in 1985 and is located in a one-story Russian-style house which was the property of G. Nechvelodov, an officer of the Nizhegorod Dragoon Regiment. He arrived with the Dragoon Regiment in Tsiteltskaro at that time and settled here. The house is built of logs, without using nails. It consists of four rooms in which Nechvelodov's personal belongings, ethnographic and various documentary materials are kept. The house was a gathering place for Georgian and Russian figures. At different times G. Nechvelodov was visited by Russian poets
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
and
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...
. In 1858, the French writer and traveler
Alexander Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer. ...
stopped here.
Festivals and public holidays
Sports
Dedoplistsqaro Municipality Sports and Youth Affairs Center has free sections in various sports. Athletes who train at the center participate in national and international tournaments every year.
Historical sites and tourism
![Takhti tefa 4](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Takhti_tefa_4.jpg)
Numerous archeological, architectural, and historical monuments are located within the municipality's territory. One of the architectural monuments is the early medieval fortress-town of Khornabuji near the town of Dedoplistsqaro, which was the center of the historic Kambechovani district. In the village of Ozaani is the ninth-century domed Church of the Ascension, made of brick. Here is the medieval Trinity Church.
The municipality is widely represented by archeological monuments as well.
Cultural monuments
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Khornabuji Castle
Khornabuji Castle ( ka, ხორნაბუჯი, tr), also sometimes known as the Fortress of Tamar ( ka, თამარის ციხე, tr), is an ancient castle in the eastern part of Georgia (country), Georgia. It is located approxima ...
* Elia Monastery
* Ozaani church
* Machkhaani Archangels church
* Mirzaani Alaverdi church
Nature
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Vashlovani National Park
Vashlovani National Park ( ka, ვაშლოვანის ეროვნული პარკი) is a national park located in the eastern part of Georgia, and was established in 1935 to preserve its unique shallow forests. In April 2003 ...
*
Chachuna Managed Reserve
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Takhtitepa mud volcanoes
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Artsivi gorge
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Didnauri
Didnauri ( ka, დიდნაური) is a Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age archaeological site in Georgia, located in the steppes of the Shiraki Plain in the country's southeasternmost municipality of Dedoplistsqaro. The National Agency for Cultu ...
* Dali Reservoir
Economy
Dedoplistsqaro municipality occupies of arable land and of pastures. Autumn grain crops – wheat and barley – are sown in the municipality. Spring crops are also sown in Dedoplistsqaro, mostly
sunflower
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and corn.
Perennials are planted on in the municipality, of which are vineyards, and the rest are olives, almonds, and walnuts.
Livestock in Dedoplistsqaro municipality is mainly represented by sheep and cattle breeding.
There are oil (Mirzaani, Shiraki) and limestone (
Artsivi Valley) deposits in the municipality.
Notable people
Twin towns
Dedoplistsqaro Municipality is
twinned with:
*
Kreminna Raion
Kreminna Raion () was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of Eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the town of Kreminna. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced ...
, Ukraine
*
Kwidzyn
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Geogra ...
, Poland
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Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion
Stanytsia-Luhanska Raion () was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Stanytsia Luhanska. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administr ...
, Ukraine
See also
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Didnauri
Didnauri ( ka, დიდნაური) is a Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age archaeological site in Georgia, located in the steppes of the Shiraki Plain in the country's southeasternmost municipality of Dedoplistsqaro. The National Agency for Cultu ...
*
Vashlovani National Park
Vashlovani National Park ( ka, ვაშლოვანის ეროვნული პარკი) is a national park located in the eastern part of Georgia, and was established in 1935 to preserve its unique shallow forests. In April 2003 ...
References
External links
Districts of Georgia Statoids.com
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Municipalities of Kakheti