Tskneti

Tskneti წყნეთი
Urban-type settlement (Daba) of Vake District
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)

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.

Geography

Tskneti 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

The daba of Tskneti 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

Late 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

• Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, V. 11, p. 372, Tbilisi, 1987

References

1. "Ქ. თბილისის მუნიციპალიტეტში დადგენილ ადმინისტრაციულ საზღვრებში არსებული ადმინისტრაციული ერთეულების – რაიონების ტერიტორიულ ერთეულებად – უბნებად დაყოფის შესახებ".
2. "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.
3. "A Complete Neighborhood Guide to Tbilisi". theculturetrip.com. Culture Trip. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
4. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
6. "Statistical Yearbook Of Georgia, 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

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