Tskneti

Tskneti წყნეთი
Urban-type settlement (Daba) of Vake District
Country	Georgia
City	Tbilisi
District (Raioni)	Vake District1
Elevation	950 m (3,120 ft)
Population  (2014)2
• Total	7 166
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Tskneti (Georgian: წყნეთი) is an urban-type settlement (Daba) in southwestern part of Vake District, Tbilisi, Georgia,³ on the right bank of the river Mtkvari.

Tskneti is located on the eastern slopes of the Trialeti Range, in the gorge of the Vere River (right tributary of the Mtkvari), 8 km from the center of Tbilisi and 950 m above sea level.

The daba of Tskneti has a warm humid continental climate, with mild winters and long warm summers. The average temperature is 13 °C. The warmest month is August, at 24 °C, and the coldest January, at −2 °C.⁴ The average rainfall is 738 millimeters per year. The wettest month is May, with 122 millimeters of rain, and the driest December, with 31 millimeters.⁵

Late Bronze Age pottery and tombs have been found in the vicinity of Tskneti. It has been known as a summer place since ancient times. Intensive summer development in lower Tskneti started in the second half of the 19th-century, in upper Tskneti – in the 20th-century. Three small churches of 17th–19th centuries are preserved. It received the status of a Daba in 1967. In 2008, it was incorporated into the city of Tbilisi.⁶