Algeti National Park

Algeti National Park
Landscape around the Algeti reservoir
Map showing the location of Algeti National Park
Map showing the location of Algeti National Park
Map showing the location of Algeti National Park
Map showing the location of Algeti National Park
Location Georgia
Nearest cityManglisi
Coordinates41°43′N 44°19′E / 41.717°N 44.317°E / 41.717; 44.317
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 (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.

The 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]

  1. ^ a b Algeti in Georgia Archived 2020-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Protected Planet
  2. ^ Algeti Archived 2020-02-21 at the Wayback Machine 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