Lagodekhi (Georgian ლაგოდეხი) is a small city (until 1962 – a village), the center of the Lagodekhi municipality in the Kakheti region of Georgia, located on the Lagodekhi River (a tributary of the Alazani), 38 km northeast of the Tsnoris-Tskhali station (terminus of the railway branches from the Tbilisi-Telavi line). 7.5 thousand inhabitants (2009). Tobacco-fermentation, fruit and berry wines, wine-making, canning, essential oil factories operate in the city. There is also an agricultural college.
The region is located on the border with the Belokan region of Azerbaijan.
Not far from the city is the Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, established in 1912, with an area of ​​24,000 hectares. Recently transformed into a national park.

History
The settlement on the site of present-day Lagodekhi was founded in the 8th century, when the Lakuasti fortress was built by order of the erismtavar Archil I. At the end of the 9th – beginning of the 10th centuries, a three-nave basilica was built on the mountain, near the fortress, under which the monastery subsequently operated. After the invasion of Shah Abbas (1610s), the territory of Lagodekhi was devastated. In 1830, as a stronghold on the Lezghin cordon line, the military settlement of Lagodekhi was founded. Until 1917, the headquarters of the regiment was located on the territory of Lagodekhi. Near the regiment itself, at the same time, the construction of a small settlement began, where mainly those who had completed military service remained to live, but for one reason or another did not want to return to their homeland. As a result, the stronghold was transformed into a civilian settlement in 1857.

From 1864 to 1897, the construction of an Orthodox church in the name of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos was going on. In 1912, the Lagodekhi Reserve was founded. As of 1890, there were stone Armenian and Catholic churches in the city.