Tetritskaro or Tetritsqaro ( ka, თეთრიწყარო, tr; , az, Ağbulaq) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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
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in southern
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 ...
. It is the municipal center of
Tetritsqaro Municipality
Tetritskaro ( ka, თეთრიწყაროს მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Tetrićqaros Municiṕaliťeťi'') is a district of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli. Its main town is Tetritskaro. Tetritskaro municipality is ...
. According to 2014 Georgian Census its population is 3,093.
The
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway which opened in 2017, runs along the rail line through the town.
History
Original settlement on this location was called ''Garisi'' (გარისი), but due to invasions and wars this place got abandoned and in the beginning of the 19th century became a
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by All ...
.
[''ლორთქიფანიძე ი.,'' ქვემო ქართლი XVIII საუკუნის პირველ მეოთხედში, ნაწ. 1-2, 3-4, თბ., 1935-1938] Later, this area was resettled by
Georgian Azerbaijanis,
who called the settlement ''Agbulakhi''; the name was of
Azerbaijani origin and literally meant ''white spring''.
[Pospelov, p. 23] In 1940, the name was changed to Tetri-Tskaro, which, in
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
, also means ''white spring''.
Town status was granted to it in 1966.
See also
*
Gudarekhi
*
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
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References
Notes
Sources
*Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary." Москва, "Русские словари", 1993.
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Cities and towns in Kvemo Kartli
Tiflis Governorate
Populated places in Tetritsqaro Municipality
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