Algeti National Park

The Algeti National Park (Georgian: ალგეთის ეროვნული პარკი, algetis erovnuli parki) is a protected area in Georgia, in the southeast of the country.[1][2] It lies in the region of Kvemo Kartli, within the Municipality of Tetritsqaro, some 60 km southwest of the nation's capital, Tbilisi.

Algeti National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Landscape around the Algeti reservoir
Location Georgia
Nearest cityManglisi
Coordinates41°43′N 44°19′E
Area157.63 km2 (60.86 sq mi)[1]
Established2007
Visitors8,030 (in 2015)
Governing bodyAgency of Protected Areas
WebsiteAlgeti National Park

The Algeti National Park stretches along the upper Algeti valley at the woody southern slopes of the eastern Trialeti Range, with the highest point being Mount Kldekari at 2,000 m above sea level. The park was founded under the Soviet government in 1965 as a state reserve to protect the easternmost limits of the Caucasian Spruce and Nordmann Fir. In 2007, it was reorganized into a national park.[3]

See also

References

  1. Algeti in Georgia Protected Planet
  2. Algeti Support Programme for Protected Areas in the Caucasus - Georgia (SPPA-Georgia).
  3. Algeti National Park Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia. Retrieved on January 7, 2010


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