Tskneti (Georgian: წყნეთი) is an urban-type settlement (Daba) in southwestern part of Vake District, Tbilisi, Georgia,[3] on the right bank of the river Mtkvari.
Tskneti
წყნეთი | |
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| Country | Georgia |
| City | Tbilisi |
| District (Raioni) | Vake District[1] |
| Elevation | 950 m (3,120 ft) |
| Population (2014)[2] | |
• Total | 7 166 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Geography
editTskhneti is located on the eastern slopes of the Trialeti Range, in the gorge of the Vere River (right tributary of the Mtkvari), 8 km from the center of Tbilisi and 950 m above sea level.
Climate
editThe daba of Tskhneti has a warm humid continental climate, with mild winters and long warm summers. The average temperature is 13 °C. The warmest month is August, at 24 °C, and the coldest January, at −2 °C.[4] The average rainfall is 738 millimeters per year. The wettest month is May, with 122 millimeters of rain, and the driest December, with 31 millimeters.[5]
History
editLate Bronze Age pottery and tombs have been found in the vicinity of Tskneti. It has been known as a summer place since ancient times. Intensive summer development in lower Tskneti started in the second half of the 19th-century, in upper Tskneti – in the 20th-century. Three small churches of 17th–19th centuries are preserved. It received the status of a Daba in 1967. In 2008, it was incorporated into the city of Tbilisi.[6]
Bibliography
edit- Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V. 11, p. 372, Tbilisi, 1987
References
edit- ^ "Ქ. თბილისის მუნიციპალიტეტში დადგენილ ადმინისტრაციულ საზღვრებში არსებული ადმინისტრაციული ერთეულების – რაიონების ტერიტორიულ ერთეულებად – უბნებად დაყოფის შესახებ".
- ^ "მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერა 2014" [Population Census 2014] (in Georgian). National Statistics Office of Georgia. 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ "A Complete Neighborhood Guide to Tbilisi". theculturetrip.com. Culture Trip. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Statistical Yearbook Of Georgia, 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-01.