Kaspi ( ka, კასპის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
, in the region of
Shida Kartli
Shida Kartli ( ka, შიდა ქართლი, , ; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (''Mkhare'') in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of , Sh ...
. Given a ''District'' status within
Transcaucasian SFSR
, conventional_long_name = Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
, common_name = Transcaucasian SFSR
, p1 = Armenian Soviet Socialist RepublicArmenian SSR
, flag_p1 = Flag of SSRA ...
in 1930. District center is
Kaspi
Kaspi ( ka, კასპი) is a town in central Georgia on the Mtkvari River. It is a center of Kaspi district, one of the four districts in Shida Kartli region. Founded in the early Middle Ages, the town turned into possession of the Amilakhva ...
.
Geography
The district occupies ''Shida Kartli'' plain, stretching on the both sides of
Kura River - bordering southern parts of
Greater Caucasus
The Greater Caucasus ( az, Böyük Qafqaz, Бөјүк Гафгаз, بيوک قافقاز; ka, დიდი კავკასიონი, ''Didi K’avk’asioni''; russian: Большой Кавказ, ''Bolshoy Kavkaz'', sometimes translat ...
to the North and
Trialeti Range
Trialeti Range ( ka, თრიალეთის ქედი) is an east-west mountain range of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the Samtskhe–Javakheti region of southern Georgia.
The eastern edge of the Range runs along the western border o ...
to the South. Bigger rivers crossing the District are
Kura
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and
Ksani
The Ksani (, , ''Ĉysandon'') is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (''Mtkvari''). It is long, and has a drainage basin of . .
District population is 43,771, population density is 55 per km² (2014). There are 71 villages and 1 town in the District.
District economy is focused on agriculture, there are a few manufactures producing building materials and wine/spirits.
There are a number of historical and architectural sites in the District, including
Rkoni Monastery,
Samtavisi
Samtavisi ( ka, სამთავისი) is an eleventh-century Georgian Orthodox cathedral in eastern Georgia, in the region of Shida Kartli, some 45 km from the nation's capital Tbilisi, near Igoeti village. The cathedral is now one of t ...
and
Kvatakhevi
Kvatakhevi ( ka, ქვათახევი) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in Shida Kartli, Georgia, west of the nation’s capital of Tbilisi.
The Kvatakhevi monastic complex is situated near the village Kavtiskhevi at the end of t ...
churches.
Kavtiskhevi kurgans
Near the village of
Kavtiskhevi in Kaspi Municipality some very ancient
kurgans have been found. They were excavated by Makharadze in 2007.
Materials recovered from these excavations can be related to remains from the metal-working Late
Chalcolithic
The Copper Age, also called the Chalcolithic (; from grc-gre, χαλκός ''khalkós'', "copper" and ''líthos'', "stone") or (A)eneolithic (from Latin '' aeneus'' "of copper"), is an archaeological period characterized by regular ...
site of
Leilatepe
The Leyla-Tepe culture of the South Caucasus belongs to the Chalcolithic era. It got its name from the site in the Agdam district of modern day Azerbaijan. Its settlements were distributed on the southern slopes of Central Caucasus, from 4350 unti ...
on the Karabakh steppe. Also, at
Soyuqbulaq, Agstafa
Soyuqbulaq (also, Soyuq Bulaq) is a village in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan. It forms part of the municipality of Köçvəlili.
In 2006, a French–Azerbaijani team discovered nine kurgans at the cemetery of Soyuqbulaq. They were dated to the ...
, there are similar kurgans.
Also, the earliest level at the multi-period site of
Berikldeebi in
Kvemo Kartli
Kvemo Kartli ( ka, ქვემო ქართლი, az, Aşağı Kartli) or "Lower Kartli", is a historic province and current administrative region (mkhare) in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is the regional capital.
Location
Kvem ...
is relevant. These discoveries reveal the presence of early 4th millennium kurgans in the southern Caucasus.
Origin of Early Transcaucasian Culture.
Dienekes' Anthropology blog
See also
* List of municipalities in Georgia (country)
A municipality ( ka, მუნიციპალიტეტი, tr) is a subdivision of Georgia (country), Georgia, consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements (Community (administrative division), community, თემი, ''temi''), wh ...
Notes
External links
Districts of Georgia
Statoids.com
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Municipalities of Shida Kartli
Archaeology of the Caucasus