{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Tetritskaro | native_name = თეთრიწყარო | native_name_lang = ka | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = St Nicholas Church, Tetri Tskaro 1.jpg | image_caption = St. Nicholas Church of Tetri Tskaro (XIX c.) | imagesize = 280px | pushpin_map = Georgia#Georgia Kvemo Kartli | pushpin_mapsize = 280px | image_flag = | image_seal = | map_caption = Location of Tetritskaro in Georgia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flag|GEO|name=Georgia}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Kvemo Kartli | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Tetritsqaro | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2024 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://geostat.ge/media/61960/1-3-population-by-cities-and-boroughs.xlsx |title=Population by regions |publisher=National Statistics Office of Georgia |access-date=29 April 2024 }}</ref> | population_total = 4762 | population_density_km2 = | timezone = Georgian Time | utc_offset = +4 | timezone_DST = <!-- No DST in Georgia since 2005 --> | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|41|33|0|N|44|28|0|E|region:GE|display=inline}} | elevation_m = 1,180 | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = | pushpin_relief = y | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }} '''Tetritskaro''' or '''Tetritsqaro''' ({{lang-ka|თეთრიწყარო|tr}}; {{IPA|ka|ˈtʰetʰɾitsʼqʼaɾo}}, {{langx|az|Ağbulaq}}) is a town in Kvemo Kartli in southern Georgia. It is the municipal center of Tetritsqaro Municipality. According to 2014 Georgian Census its population is 3,093.<ref name="Census 2014">{{Georgian census 2014}}</ref> The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway which opened in 2017, runs along the rail line through the town.
== Geography == The town of Tetrisqaro is located on the southern side of the Trialeti region, 59 km southwest from the capital Tbilisi. The highway from Tbilisi to Akhalkalaki, near the Georgia–Turkey border, passes through the town.
==History== Original settlement on this location was called ''Garisi'' (გარისი), but due to invasions and wars this place got abandoned and in the beginning of the 19th century became a ghost town.<ref name="ლორთქიფანიძე">''ლორთქიფანიძე ი.,'' ქვემო ქართლი XVIII საუკუნის პირველ მეოთხედში, ნაწ. 1-2, 3-4, თბ., 1935-1938</ref> Later, this area was resettled by Georgian Azerbaijanis,<ref name="ლორთქიფანიძე"/> who called the settlement ''Agbulakhi''; the name was of Azerbaijani origin and literally meant ''white spring''.<ref name="Pospelov">Pospelov, p. 23</ref> In 1940, the name was changed to Tetri-Tskaro, which, in Georgian, also means ''white spring''.<ref name="Pospelov" /> Town status was granted to it in 1966.<ref name="Pospelov" />
In the town is the village of Asureti, founded and formerly inhabited by Caucasus Germans. Tetritsqaro also housed major Soviet military barracks, which was abandoned before the Russo-Georgian War.
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Tetritskaro town.jpg|View of the town File:Centre Tetritskaro.jpg|Center of the town File:Municipal center Tetritskaro.jpg|Tetrisqaro Municipal Center File:German house in Asureti (Photo A. Muhranoff, 2011).jpg|German Lutheran house in Asureti </gallery>
==See also== *Gudarekhi *Kvemo Kartli
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary." Москва, "Русские словари", 1993.
{{Commons category|Tetritskaro}} {{Cities and towns in Georgia (country)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}
Category:Cities and towns in Kvemo Kartli Category:Tiflis Governorate Category:Populated places in Tetritsqaro Municipality __NOTOC__