Aspindza

Aspindza (Georgian: ასპინძა) is a town in southern Georgia's region of Samtskhe-Javakheti with a population of 13,010, mostly ethnic Georgians. It is located at around 41°34′26″N 43°15′22″E / 41.57389°N 43.25611°E / 41.57389; 43.25611. The word "Aspindza" derives from a Persian word, which meant "a hotel on a big road". The year of the foundation the town is considered to be 888, as Leonti Mroveli (Georgian: ლეონტი მროველი) tells - The run away Nasra was caught near Samtskhe, and killed by Aspindza in the year 888 By the end of the XVI-th century Aspindza had been conquered by the Ottoman Turks. According to their census, "Aspindza was a big village, that consisted of 50 families with gardens and orchards". The village is mentioned...