Okrokana

Some archeological findings in Okrokana date back to the 17th to 16th century BC, from which time burial mounds could be excavated.{{cite journal |last1=Kakhiani |first1=Kakha |last2=Sagona |first2=Antonio |last3=Sagona |first3=Claudia |last4=Kvavadze |first4=Eliso |last5=Bedianashvilli |first5=Giorgi |last6=Messager |first6=Erwan |last7=Martin |first7=Lucie |last8=Herrscher |first8=Estelle |last9=Martkoplishvili |first9=Inga |last10=Birkett-Rees |first10=Jessie |last11=Longford |first11=Catherine |title=Archaeological Investigations at Chobareti in southern Georgia, the Caucasus |journal=Ancient Near Eastern Studies |date=2013 |volume=50 |page=1-138 |doi=10.2143/ANES.50.0.2975510 |url=https://hal.science/hal-01411018 |publisher=Peeters Publishers}}

The French scholar Frederick de Beavoir (1798 - 1850) provides us with information about Okrokana in the 19th century: His records include Christian shrines, watchtowers, and fortresses. His writings further indicate that the valley's sole cultivated crop was barley.{{cite journal |last1=Akhaladze |first1=Lia |last2=Shiolashvili |first2=Nino |last3=Pkhaladze |first3=Tamar |last4=Burduli |first4=Gvantsa |last5=Kistauri |first5=Gela |title=FOR COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH OF TRUSO VALLEY |date=2021 |pages=1-23 |url=http://www.sciencejournals.ge/index.php/HAE/article/view/176/141}}

The Lands in Modern Day Okrokana Once belonged to an aristocratic noble family going by the name of Gabashvili. They received it via dowry from a Polish noble, Ivan Poltoratsky of which, due to the marriage of one of the members of the Gabashvili family, Nadezhda Gabashvili to Ivan. In the 1900s, the so-called The idea of constructing an "Upper Tbilisi" was formulated. According to the plan, "Upper Tbilisi" would be built within the domains of modern-day Okrokana. Poltoratsky's Family conceded the lands over to a Belgian company for the initial project. The construction began as a Street Network was formulated, alongside The construction of the Mtatsminda Funicular to connect Tbilisi Major with "Upper Tbilisi". The Gabashvili Countryhouse was transformed into a School. The School was named after Ivan Poltoratsky's son-in-law, Ekvtime Takaishvili, whom had made a name for himself in Georgia due to him being a public benefactor.

According to a 2014 Estimate, around 2253 people reside in Okrokana,http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm With 98.1% of the Population being ethnic Georgians, 0.5% Armenians, and 0.3% Ossetians.

• Ekvtime Takaishvili
• Mtatsminda District
• Mtatsminda Park
• Sololaki

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Category:Populated places in Tbilisi

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