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Skande

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Skande (), sometimes known as Skanda (სკანდა), is a village in the Terjola Municipality, Imereti, Georgia. It is located in western part of the country, in the small river valley of Chkhari, part of the Kvirila River system, some 15 km northeast of the town of Terjola. According to the 2014 census, its population was 434.

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Place details

Locality
სკანდე
Region
იმერეთი
Country
საქართველო
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.elevation_m
400
Settlement.official_name
Skande
Settlement.native_name
სკანდე
Settlement.native_name_lang
geo
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Church - panoramio (179).jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Church in Skande
Settlement.pushpin_map
Georgia (country)
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Skande
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Imereti
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Terjola
Settlement.population_as_of
2014
Settlement.population_total
434

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
fortress
Official name
სკანდე
Official language
Georgian
Population
434
Elevation
400
Location
Imereti
Image
Church - panoramio (179).jpg
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native label
სკანდე
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Late Antiquity
  • Middle Ages and Early Modern Era
  • Skanda fortress
  • Population
  • Notes
  • References

Skande (), sometimes known as Skanda (სკანდა), is a village in the Terjola Municipality, Imereti, Georgia. It is located in western part of the country, in the small river valley of Chkhari, part of the Kvirila River system, some 15 km northeast of the town of Terjola. According to the 2014 census, its population was 434.

Skanda is home to a ruined fortress, which is the Scanda or Scandeis of the Eastern Roman authors of Late Antiquity and one of the strongholds contested between the Eastern Roman and Sasanian empires during their conflicts in Lazica. It maintained its importance as one of the key fortresses of Imereti down to the early 19th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skande” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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