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 | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
Landscape around the Algeti reservoir | |
Location | Georgia |
Nearest city | Manglisi |
Coordinates | 41°43′N 44°19′E |
Area | 157.63 km2 (60.86 sq mi)[1] |
Established | 2007 |
Visitors | 8,030 (in 2015) |
Governing body | Agency of Protected Areas |
Website | Algeti 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]
References
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- Algeti in Georgia Protected Planet
- Algeti Support Programme for Protected Areas in the Caucasus - Georgia (SPPA-Georgia).
- 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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