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Location

Ota is situated in the deep gorge of the tributary Ota, 6 kilometres north-east of the district centre of Aspindza, 28 kilometres north-west of Akhalkalak in a straight line.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 541.

Population
1914 — 1944 yy․

In 1914 the village had 706 Turkish inhabitants who were of Armenian origin, but had already completely lost their sense of national identity. After their exile (1944), it was re-populated by a number of Georgians from various parts of Georgia.

“Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, стр. 170. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 541.

17 c․

The Armenians of Ota adhered to the Apostolic Church until the first half of the 17th century, when they yielded up to the violence exerted by the Turkish pashas of Akhaltskha and converted to Islam.