Skande
სკანდე | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Church in Skande | |
  Skande Location of Skande | |
| Coordinates: 42°15′50″N 43°02′53″E / 42.26389°N 43.04806°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Region | Imereti |
| Municipality | Terjola |
| Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 434 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Skande (Georgian: სკანდე), sometimes known as Skanda (სკანდა), is a village in the Terjola Municipality, Imereti, Georgia. It is located in western part of the country, in the small river valley of Chkhari, part of the Kvirila River system, some 15 km northeast of the town of Terjola. Its population as of the 2014 census was 434.
Skanda is home to a ruined fortress, which is the Scanda or Scandeis of the Eastern Roman authors of Late Antiquity and one of the strongholds contested between the Eastern Roman and Sasanian empires during their conflicts in Lazica. It maintained its importance as one of the key fortresses of Imereti down to the early 19th century.
- ^ "Population Census 2014: Number of Population by Administrative-Territorial Units and sex". National Statistics Office of Georgia. Retrieved 13 October 2016.