Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti

სამეგრელო და ზემო სვანეთი Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti
Region within Georgia
Coat of arms of Georgia	Flag of Georgia
National languages	Georgian
ethnicities	according to the 2002 census: Georgians (98.6%) Russians (0.9%)
Religions	according to the 2002 census: Orthodox (99.21%)
Capital	Zugdidi
Biggest cities	Zugdidi Poti (47,000 Ew., 2002)
Status within Georgia	region
surface	7,441.5 km 2
Total population	331,145 (2014)
Population density	44.5 inhabitants / km 2
governor
website	www.szs.gov.ge

Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti ( Georgian სამეგრელო და ზემო სვანეთი , Samegrelo da Semo Swaneti ; completely სამეგრელოს და ზემო სვანეთის მხარე , Samegrelos da Semo Swanetis mchare ) is an administrative region in northwest Georgia . It borders Russia to the north and the politically controversial Georgian region of Abkhazia to the northwest . It covers most of the historical Mingrelia region and the northern part of the historical Svaneti region . The capital is Zugdidi . The region is traversed by the Chobiszqali River and its tributaries.

The region is divided into eight municipalities (munizipaliteti) , which are named after their administrative headquarters Abascha , Chobi , Martwili , Mestia , Senaki , Zugdidi , Tschchoruzqu and Zalendschicha . The capital Zugdidi and the second largest city Poti do not belong to any municipality, but are directly subordinate to the region on the same level.

See also

• History of Georgia
• Administrative division of Georgia

Web links

• Information from the Statistical Office of Georgia (Georgian, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ethnic groups in Georgia according to the 2002 National Census (pdf) ( Memento from August 31, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Religions according to the National Census 2002 (pdf) ( Memento from August 31, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 42 ° 30 '  N , 41 ° 51'  E