Trialeti () is a daba in

Tsalka Municipality __NOTOC__ Tsalka ( ka, წალკის მუნიციპალიტეტი, tr''; ;'' ) is a municipality in Georgia (country), Georgia's southern region of Kvemo Kartli, covering an area of . As of 2021 it had a population of 19,679 peo ...

in the

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

region of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

. It is located on the Chochiani Plateau, above the right bank of the

Khrami The Khrami ( ka, ხრამი, ), in its upper course ''Ktsia'', is a river in eastern Georgia and western Azerbaijan, and a right tributary of the Kura (''Mtkvari''). It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Tsalka Tsalka ( ka, წალკა, tr , , or , ) is a town and municipality center in southern Georgia (country), Georgia's Kvemo Kartli region. Population The district had a population of 2,326. According to the 2014 census, 47% of its population ...

. The Tetritskaro-Tsalka regional road passes through Trialeti.

History

Trialeti was founded in 1857 as Alexandergilf when refugee South German Protestants settled here. In 1815, Emperor

Alexander I Alexander I may refer to: * Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon from 495 to 454 BC * Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus * Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas, ruler of the Seleucid Empire 150-145 BC * Pope Alex ...

had given permission for the settlement of these religiously persecuted Germans in the Caucasus. In Georgia, they settled mainly in

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and the Kvemo Kartli region. In 1921, the town was renamed Rosenberg and in 1941, the name was changed to Molotov. This happened after the invasion of Nazi Germany in the Soviet Union and the Caucasus Germans were deported to the east by the Soviets. In 1944, the town was given the status of a daba, and in 1957, it was given its current name Trialeti. Due to this history, Trialeti has a mix of traditional German and Georgian architecture. The only existing church in the village, which was restored in 2017, is Evangelical Lutheran in origin, and was originally built in 1906.

Demographics

In 2023, Trialeti had 656 inhabitants, a growth of over 16% since the 2014 census. According to this census, the population consisted mainly of

Georgians Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and Peoples of the Caucasus, Caucasian ethnic group native to present-day Georgia (country), Georgia and surrounding areas historically associated with the Ge ...

(82%),

Armenians Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiq ...

(10%) and

Pontic Greeks The Pontic Greeks (; or ; , , ), also Pontian Greeks or simply Pontians, are an ethnically Greek group indigenous to the region of Pontus, in northeastern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). They share a common Pontic Greek culture that is di ...

(6%).

References

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