# Ofreti - URL: https://explore-georgia.ge/en/kvemo-kartli/marneuli-municipality/ofreti - Type: village - Municipality: Marneuli Municipality - Region: Kvemo Kartli - Population (2014): 80 - Coordinates: 41.25111, 44.63278 ## Overview **Ofreti** (Georgian: ოფრეთი; also romanised **Opreti**) is a small mountain village in southern Georgia, in **Marneuli Municipality** of the Kvemo Kartli region. It lies on the northern slope of the Lok Range, on the upper course of the **Shulaveri River**, close to the state border with Armenia, at roughly 1,040–1,070 m above sea level. Ofreti is the centre of the **Ofreti administrative unit**, which also includes the neighbouring village of Khokhmeli. The 2024 general population census counted 101 residents in Ofreti and 148 in the administrative unit as a whole. The village has a public school, and the medieval Ofreti fortress and the Goruli ensemble with its tower-house lie in the surrounding area. ## Location The village centre lies at approximately 41.2490° N, 44.6315° E (OpenStreetMap). Georgian Wikipedia gives an elevation of 1,070 m, while Russian Wikipedia (based on GeoNames) gives 1,041 m. Ofreti is in the Shulaveri valley; the Shulaveri is a right tributary of the Khrami. The village is very close to the state border: the Armenian village of Jiliza lies about 2.3 km to the south in a straight line. The municipal centre, the town of Marneuli, is about 29 km away in a straight line, to the north-east. An article based on the Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia gives the distance to Marneuli as 50 km. ## Neighbouring villages - **Khokhmeli** — about 1.7 km to the east (straight-line); part of the same administrative unit, 47 residents in 2024. - **Chanakhchi** — about 2.8 km to the west-south-west. - **Khojorni** — about 5.4 km to the south-east. - **Tserakvi** — about 5.5 km to the north. - **Jiliza** (Armenia) — about 2.3 km to the south, across the border. ## Administrative status In the 2024 census tables of Geostat (the National Statistics Office of Georgia), Ofreti is listed as the centre of the **Ofreti administrative unit**, which comprises two villages: Ofreti and Khokhmeli. In the 2014 census data the Ofreti community (temi) also consisted of these two villages, with a combined population of 139. ## Population Data from Georgia's national censuses: - 2002 — 158 residents (71 men, 87 women) - 2014 — 80 residents (39 men, 41 women) - 2024 — 101 residents (54 men, 47 women) The population almost halved between 2002 and 2014 and then grew by about a quarter between 2014 and 2024. In 2014 the village was home to Georgians (37 people, about 46%), Greeks (33, about 41%), Armenians (9, about 11%) and one Azerbaijani. Neighbouring Khokhmeli had 59 residents in 2014, of whom 55 were Armenians and 4 Greeks. ## Education The village has a public school — the **LEPL Public School of Ofreti Village, Marneuli Municipality**. Its reports for 2015 and 2017 are published in the Legislative Herald of Georgia (matsne.gov.ge). OpenStreetMap shows the school building in the village centre. ## History The village has its own entry in volume 7 of the Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (1984, p. 608). It shares its name with the medieval **Ofreti fortress**, which, according to Georgian Wikipedia, is first mentioned in written sources in the 10th century. The fortress stood at a junction of four valleys, from where a road led over the Mglistskari pass into Tashiri. Today the fortress lies on the territory of Armenia. ## Nearby sights - **Ofreti fortress** — an early medieval (early feudal period) fortress south-east of the village, on the right bank of the Shulaveri, now in Armenia. It is built of medium-sized squared stones and enclosed by a wall with round towers; inside are remains of various buildings and a small church with a horseshoe-shaped apse. - **Goruli** — a late medieval residential ensemble near Ofreti with a five-storey tower-house (probably 17th century) and two single-nave churches. According to OpenStreetMap the tower is about 3.3 km to the north-north-east of the village (straight-line). ## FAQ **1) Where is Ofreti?** In Kvemo Kartli, Marneuli Municipality, on the upper Shulaveri River near the border with Armenia, about 29 km from Marneuli in a straight line. **2) How high is the village?** About 1,040–1,070 m above sea level (sources give 1,041 m and 1,070 m). **3) How many people live in Ofreti?** 101 according to the 2024 census; 80 in 2014 and 158 in 2002. **4) Which administrative unit does Ofreti belong to?** The Ofreti administrative unit, centred on Ofreti itself; it also includes Khokhmeli. The unit had 148 residents in 2024. **5) Which villages are nearest?** Khokhmeli (about 1.7 km to the east) and Chanakhchi (about 2.8 km to the west); across the border lies the Armenian village of Jiliza (about 2.3 km to the south). All distances are straight-line. **6) Which river is the village on?** The Shulaveri, a right tributary of the Khrami. **7) Who lives in the village?** According to the 2014 census about 46% of residents were Georgians, 41% Greeks and 11% Armenians. **8) Is there a school?** Yes — the LEPL Public School of Ofreti Village, Marneuli Municipality. **9) Where is Ofreti fortress?** South-east of the village, on the right bank of the Shulaveri; today it lies on the territory of Armenia. **10) Is it Ofreti or Opreti?** The Georgian name is ოფრეთი. Under the national romanisation it is written Ofreti; statistical tables and maps also use Opreti, and the Russian form is Опрети. ## Sources - [Population by administrative-territorial units and sex, 2024 census — Geostat (in Georgian)](https://www.geostat.ge/ka/modules/categories/909/mosakhleobis-geografiuli-ganatsileba-da-shida-migratsia) - [2014 Georgian census — ethnic composition by settlement (Geostat data)](http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm) - [LEPL Public School of Ofreti Village, Marneuli Municipality — 2017 report, Legislative Herald of Georgia (in Georgian)](https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/3967311/0) - [Ofreti — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/ოფრეთი) - [Opreti — Russian Wikipedia](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Опрети) - [Ofreti fortress — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/ოფრეთის_ციხე) - [Goruli — Georgian Wikipedia](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/გორული) - [Ofreti — OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/75777829) - Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7, Tbilisi, 1984, p. 608 (in Georgian). ## Other settlements of Marneuli Municipality - [Aghmamedlo](https://explore-georgia.ge/en/kvemo-kartli/marneuli-municipality/aghmamedlo): Discover Aghmamedlo, a village in Marneuli Municipality, Kvemo Kartli. 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