Kaspi
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Kaspi კასპი |
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| State : |
 Georgia
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| Region : | Inner Cartlia | ||
| Municipality : | Kaspi | ||
| Founded : | 4th century BC Ch. City since 1959 |
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| Coordinates : | 41 ° 55 ' N , 44 ° 25' E | ||
| Height : | 560 m. ü. M. | ||
| Residents : | 13,423 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | Georgian Time (UTC + 4) | ||
| Telephone code : | 271 | ||
| Postal code : | 2600 | ||
| Community type: | city | ||
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Kaspi ( Georgian კასპი , kʼɑspʼɪ ) is a city in Georgia .
geography
It is located in the Inner Kartlien region and is the district town of the municipality of the same name . Kaspi is 48 km northwest of the capital Tbilisi on both sides of the Lechura River .
history
Archaeological excavations have shown that the urban area had been inhabited since the Stone Age. During the Bronze Age , Kaspi was an important place in what was then Georgia. As the Georgian historian Leonti Mroweli (9th century) wrote, the city of Kaspi was founded by the Georgian Uplos . In historical Georgian sources, Kaspi is mentioned alongside other ancient Georgian cities such as Sarkine, Urbnisi and Odsrche .
With the opening of the corresponding section of the Poti – Baku railway line , Kaspi received a train station in 1872 .
Kaspi received city status in 1959.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ ვ. ჯაოშვილი, ჯ. გვასალია, ქსე In: Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia. Volume 5, Tiflis 1980, p. 425.