Dedoplistsqaro
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Dedoplistskaro
| native_name = დედოფლისწყარო
| image_skyline = Dedoplistskaro and Mt Ilia.jpg
| imagesize = 280px
| map_caption = Location of Dedoplistskaro in Georgia
| pushpin_map = Georgia#Georgia Kakheti
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_mapsize = 280
| coordinates = {{coord|41|27|50|N|46|06|40|E|region:GE|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{Flagicon|Georgia (country)}} Georgia
| subdivision_type1 = Mkhare
| subdivision_name1 = Kakheti
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Dedoplistsqaro
| area_total_km2 =
| area_land_km2 =
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_m = 800
| population_footnotes = {{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 }}
| population_total = 5,490
| population_as_of = 2024
| population_density_km2 =
| timezone = Georgian Time
| utc_offset = +4
| timezone_DST =
| utc_offset_DST =
| website = {{URL|http://dedoplistskaro.ge/}}
| footnotes =
}}
Dedoplistskaro or Dedoplistsqaro ({{lang-ka|დედოფლისწყარო}}, {{IPA|ka|d̪e̞d̪o̞pʰlis̪tsʼχʼäɾo̞|pron}}, literally: Queen's spring) is a town in Kakheti, Georgia with a population of 5,940.{{2014 Georgian census}} The town is located in the Shiraki Plain, eastern Georgia, and functions as a municipality of the eponymous district. The majority of the inhabitants are ethnic Georgians.
History
The locale is first mentioned in the medieval annals as a military post established by King David IV of Georgia (r. 1089–1125). Tradition relates its name, literally meaning "the Queen’s spring" to Queen Tamar (r. 1184–1213). After the annexation of Georgia, Russians established a military fort in 1803 to fend off the area being attacked by the Dagestani rebels and renamed the village into Tsarskie Kolodtsy ({{langx|ru|Царские Колодцы}}), that is "the royal wells".
File:Церква в Дедоплісцкаро.JPG
In 1869, the German entrepreneurs Carl Heinrich von Siemens and Ernst Werner von Siemens established an oil refinery near the village which functioned until the mid-1870s.[http://www.oilru.com/or/14/136/ Alexander Anatolyev. THE POWER OF PRODUCTIVE COOPERATION] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124050547/https://oilru.com/or/14/136/ |date=2022-11-24 }}. Oil of Russia, No. 4, 2003.
The village retained its military installations and a large garrison during Georgia's brief independence from 1918 to 1921. It was seized by the invading Soviet Russian forces after hours of heavy fighting with Georgian troops on February 18, 1921. The Russian commander Pyotr Kuryshko died in this battle.{{in lang|ru}} Гражданская война и военная интервенция в СССР: Энциклопедия. / Гл. ред. С.С.Хромов; Ред. кол.: Н.Н.Азовцев, Е.Г.Гимпельсон, П.А.Голуб и др. – М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1987, С. 315.
The Soviet 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 of the medieval fortress of Khornabuji lie near the town. The Vashlovani State Reserve is also located within the Dedoplis Tskaro district.
Climate
{{Weather box
| width = auto
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| location = Dedoplistskaro (elev. 800m) (1991–2020)
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 10.4
| Feb precipitation days = 9.9
| Mar precipitation days = 14.3
| Apr precipitation days = 16.9
| May precipitation days = 21.6
| Jun precipitation days = 15
| Jul precipitation days = 10.9
| Aug precipitation days = 7.8
| Sep precipitation days = 10.2
| Oct precipitation days = 12.1
| Nov precipitation days = 10.4
| Dec precipitation days = 7.8
| year precipitation days = 147.3
|precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 29.8
| Feb precipitation mm = 28.2
| Mar precipitation mm = 47.7
| Apr precipitation mm = 63.9
| May precipitation mm = 91.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 75.3
| Jul precipitation mm = 51.0
| Aug precipitation mm = 36.0
| Sep precipitation mm = 56.7
| Oct precipitation mm = 50.9
| Nov precipitation mm = 38.5
| Dec precipitation mm = 21.1
| year precipitation mm = 591
| Jan record high C = 19.1
| Feb record high C = 19.4
| Mar record high C = 25.6
| Apr record high C = 30.6
| May record high C = 32.4
| Jun record high C = 39.3
| Jul record high C = 40.9
| Aug record high C = 40.8
| Sep record high C = 36.0
| Oct record high C = 31.6
| Nov record high C = 23.2
| Dec record high C = 18.6
| year record high C = 40.9
| Jan high C = 4.9
| Feb high C = 6.1
| Mar high C = 10.6
| Apr high C = 15.9
| May high C = 21.0
| Jun high C = 26.8
| Jul high C = 29.8
| Aug high C = 29.7
| Sep high C = 24.5
| Oct high C = 18.1
| Nov high C = 11.0
| Dec high C = 7.2
| year high C = 17.1
| Jan low C =-2.8
| Feb low C =-2.2
| Mar low C =1.1
| Apr low C =5.8
| May low C =10.5
| Jun low C =15.7
| Jul low C =18.4
| Aug low C =18.2
| Sep low C =13.8
| Oct low C =8.6
| Nov low C =2.8
| Dec low C =-1.3
| year low C =7.4
| Jan record low C = -13.2
| Feb record low C = -14.8
| Mar record low C = -8.8
| Apr record low C = -6.9
| May record low C = 1.0
| Jun record low C = 6.3
| Jul record low C = 9.9
| Aug record low C = 9.3
| Sep record low C = 3.3
| Oct record low C = -1.4
| Nov record low C = -7.4
| Dec record low C = -12.6
| year record low C =-14.8
|source 1 = NOAA{{cite web
| format = CSV
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Georgia/CSV/Dedoplistskaro_37651.csv
| title = Dedoplistskaro Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 17 March 2024}}
}}
See also
References
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