Official Name: | Aspindza |
Native Name: | ასპინძა |
Native Name Lang: | geo |
Settlement Type: | Borough |
Pushpin Map: | Georgia (country)#Samtskhe-Javakheti |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Georgia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Georgia |
Subdivision Name1: | Samtskhe-Javakheti |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Aspindza |
Established Title: | Borough from |
Established Date: | 1961 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 2,793 |
Timezone: | GMT+4 |
Coordinates: | 41.5733°N 43.25°W |
Elevation M: | 1090 |
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.[1] It is located at around 41.5739°N 43.2561°W.
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 -
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).[3]