Aspindza

Aspindza (Georgian: ასპინძა) is a daba ("small town") in southern Georgia's region of Samtskhe-Javakheti with a population of 2,793 (2014 census), mostly ethnic Georgians.

The word "Aspindza" derives from a Persian word "اسب انداز", which means "a place to rest".

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[3] By the end of the 16th 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 in chronicle of Sumbat Davitisdze (Georgian: სუმბატ დავითის ძე) and Vakhushti (Georgian: ვახუშტი).