Official Name: | Samshvilde |
Native Name: | სამშვილდე |
Native Name Lang: | geo |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Georgia (country) |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Samshvilde |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Georgia |
Subdivision Name1: | Kvemo Kartli |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Tetritsqaro |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 443 |
Coordinates: | 41.5161°N 44.4908°W |
Elevation M: | 860 |
Samshvilde (Georgian: სამშვილდე, Armenian: Սամշվիլդե, also Շամշուլդա, Shamshulda)[2] is a village in the Tetritsqaro Municipality, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia. It is located 4 km south of the town of Tetritsqaro and 2 km north of the ruins of the medieval town of Samshvilde. The village was founded by a group of Armenians in the early 19th century and named after the nearby historical locale.[3]
The environs of the village, on the middle Khrami River, are a protected area as the Samshvilde Canyon Natural Monument.[4]
As of the 2014 national census, Samshvilde had the population of 443,[1] mostly (98%) ethnic Armenians.