Tetritskaro or Tetritsqaro (; , ) is a town in Kvemo Kartli in southern Georgia. It is the municipal center of Tetritsqaro Municipality. According to 2014 Georgian Census its population is 3,093. The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway which opened in 2017, runs along the rail line through the town.
Geography
The town of Tetrisqaro is located on the southern side of the Trialeti region, 59 km southwest from the capital Tbilisi. The highway from Tbilisi to Akhalkalaki, near the Georgia–Turkey border, passes through the town.
History
Original settlement on this location was called Garisi (გარისი), but due to invasions and wars this place got abandoned and in the beginning of the 19th century became a ghost town. Later, this area was resettled by Georgian Azerbaijanis, In 1940, the name was changed to Tetri-Tskaro, which, in Georgian, also means white spring.