Tetritskaro or Tetritsqaro ( ka, თეთრიწყარო, tr; , az, Ağbulaq) is a

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Kvemo Kartli Kvemo Kartli ( ka, ქვემო ქართლი, az, Aşağı Kartli) or "Lower Kartli", is a historic province and current administrative region ( mkhare) in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is the regional capital. Location Kv ...

in southern

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. It is the municipal center of

Tetritsqaro Municipality Tetritskaro ( ka, თეთრიწყაროს მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Tetrićqaros Municiṕaliťeťi'') is a district of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli. Its main town is Tetritskaro. Tetritskaro municipality i ...

. According to 2014 Georgian Census its population is 3,093. The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway which opened in 2017, runs along the rail line 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

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.''ლორთქიფანიძე ი.,'' ქვემო ქართლი XVIII საუკუნის პირველ მეოთხედში, ნაწ. 1-2, 3-4, თბ., 1935-1938 Later, this area was resettled by Georgian Azerbaijanis, who called the settlement ''Agbulakhi''; the name was of

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origin and literally meant ''white spring''.Pospelov, p. 23 In 1940, the name was changed to Tetri-Tskaro, which, in Georgian, also means ''white spring''. Town status was granted to it in 1966.

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*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. {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2015 Cities and towns in Kvemo Kartli Tiflis Governorate Populated places in Tetritsqaro Municipality __NOTOC__