Kaspi ( ka, კასპის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of
Georgia
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* 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 , S ...
. Given a ''District'' status within
Transcaucasian SFSR in 1930. District center is
Kaspi.
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 to the South. Bigger rivers crossing the District are
Kura and
Ksani.
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 and
Kvatakhevi 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 on the Karabakh steppe. Also, at
Soyuqbulaq, Agstafa, 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
K ...
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, consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements (community, თემი, ''temi''), which enjoy local self-government. A total of 69 municipal ...
Notes
External links
Districts of Georgia
Statoids.com
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Municipalities of Shida Kartli
Archaeology of the Caucasus