Dedoplistskaro დედოფლისწყარო | |
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| Coordinates:41°27′50″N46°06′40″E / 41.46389°N 46.11111°E /41.46389; 46.11111 | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Mkhare | Kakheti |
| Municipality | Dedoplistsqaro |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 5,490 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
| Website | dedoplistskaro |
Dedoplistskaro orDedoplistsqaro (Georgian:დედოფლისწყარო,pronounced[d̪e̞d̪o̞pʰlis̪tsʼχʼäɾo̞], literally:Queen's spring) is a town inKakheti,Georgia with a population of 5,940.[2] The town is located in theShiraki Plain,eastern Georgia, and functions as a municipality of the eponymous district. The majority of the inhabitants are ethnicGeorgians.
The locale is first mentioned in the medieval annals as a military post established by KingDavid IV of Georgia (r. 1089–1125). Tradition relates its name, literally meaning "the Queen’s spring" toQueen Tamar (r. 1184–1213). After the annexation of Georgia,Russians established a military fort in 1803 to fend off the area being attacked by theDagestani rebels and renamed the village into Tsarskie Kolodtsy (Russian:Царские Колодцы), that is "the royal wells".
In 1869, theGerman entrepreneursCarl Heinrich von Siemens andErnst Werner von Siemens established anoil refinery near the village which functioned until the mid-1870s.[3]
The village retained its military installations and a large garrison during Georgia'sbrief independence from 1918 to 1921. It was seized by theinvadingSoviet Russian forces after hours of heavy fighting with Georgian troops on February 18, 1921. The Russian commanderPyotr Kuryshko died in this battle.[4]
TheSoviet government changed the name into Tsiteltskaro (წითელწყარო; "Red Spring") and granted the settlement a town's status in 1963. In 1991, the historical name of Dedoplis Tskaro was restored. Ruins ofthe medieval fortress of Khornabuji lie near the town. TheVashlovani State Reserve is also located within the Dedoplis Tskaro district.
| Climate data for Dedoplistskaro (elev. 800m) (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.4 (66.9) | 25.6 (78.1) | 30.6 (87.1) | 32.4 (90.3) | 39.3 (102.7) | 40.9 (105.6) | 40.8 (105.4) | 36.0 (96.8) | 31.6 (88.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 18.6 (65.5) | 40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) | 6.1 (43.0) | 10.6 (51.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.7 (85.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 18.1 (64.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 7.2 (45.0) | 17.1 (62.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) | −2.2 (28.0) | 1.1 (34.0) | 5.8 (42.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.2 (64.8) | 13.8 (56.8) | 8.6 (47.5) | 2.8 (37.0) | −1.3 (29.7) | 7.4 (45.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) | −14.8 (5.4) | −8.8 (16.2) | −6.9 (19.6) | 1.0 (33.8) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.9 (49.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 3.3 (37.9) | −1.4 (29.5) | −7.4 (18.7) | −12.6 (9.3) | −14.8 (5.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 29.8 (1.17) | 28.2 (1.11) | 47.7 (1.88) | 63.9 (2.52) | 91.9 (3.62) | 75.3 (2.96) | 51.0 (2.01) | 36.0 (1.42) | 56.7 (2.23) | 50.9 (2.00) | 38.5 (1.52) | 21.1 (0.83) | 591 (23.3) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.4 | 9.9 | 14.3 | 16.9 | 21.6 | 15 | 10.9 | 7.8 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 147.3 |
| Source:NOAA[5] | |||||||||||||
