Akhaltsikhe Municipality
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| Country | Georgia | ||
| region | Samtskhe Javakheti | ||
| Seat | Akhaltsikhe | ||
| surface | 1010 km² | ||
| Residents | 20,992 (2014) | ||
| density | 21 inhabitants per km² | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GE-SJ | ||
| Website | akhaltsikhe.ge (Georgian) | ||
Coordinates: 41 ° 36 ' N , 43 ° 0' E
The municipality Akhaltsikhe ( Georgian ახალციხის მუნიციპალიტეტი , Akhaltsichis munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region in the central part of Georgia .
geography
Administrative center of the municipality is the eponymous town of Akhaltsikhe , which since 2014 itself no longer belongs to the municipality, but as capital and largest with 17,903 inhabitants town of Samtskhe-Javakheti region this now reports directly.
The 1010.3 km² municipality borders in the northeast on the municipality Borjomi , in the east to southeast on the municipality Aspindsa and in the northwest on the municipality Adigeni , all also in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, and in the north on the municipalities Baghdati and Charagauli in of the Imereti region . The southwest border of the municipality forms the state border with Turkey .
The Kura flows through the northeast of the municipality , into which the Pozchowiszqali, which comes from the southwest and marks part of the border with Turkey, flows from the left. The left Kura tributary Uraweli flows in the southeastern part . Most of the municipalities are located in the valleys of these rivers and their surroundings. In the north rises the ridge of the Meschetian Mountains , which there with an unnamed summit reaches a height of 2562 m above sea level. The western end of the Trialeti Mountains with the 2608 m high Oschora protrudes into the eastern part .
In the north of the municipality a part of the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park extends .
Population and administrative division
The population is 20,992 (2014). In the previous census in 2002, it was still 46,134 inhabitants together with the city of Akhaltsikhe (compared to 38,895 in the corresponding area in 2014), which continues the population decline that has continued since the 1990s. Before that, the population had been almost stable with some fluctuations since the 1930s.
- Population development
Note: census data. 2014 City of Akhaltsikhe spun off: for comparison, the population of the municipality with the city is also shown.
The municipality is predominantly inhabited by ethnic Georgians at 61.7% , but the proportion of Armenians is also high at 36.6% ; 0.9% are Russians and 0.3% Greeks (as of 2002; today the proportion of Armenians tends to be higher, as they predominantly live in rural areas and the city of Akhaltsikhe with its higher proportion of Georgians is no longer part of the municipality).
The largest villages are the small town of Wale (3646 inhabitants) with over 1000 inhabitants each, the villages of Azquri , Schwilissi and Zqruti (2014).
The municipality is divided into the independent small town of Wale and 14 communities (Georgian temi, თემი ) with a total of 47 localities, one of which has no permanent residents:
| local community | Number of towns |
Population (2014) |
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| Agara | 5 | 1628 |
| Andriazminda | 3 | 369 |
| Azquri | 3 | 1989 |
| Eliazminda | 3 | 705 |
| Klde | 2 | 1381 |
| Minadze | 3 | 1207 |
| Pamaji | 4th | 1247 |
| Persa | 4 1 | 870 |
| Sadseli | 2 | 451 |
| Schwilissi | 3 | 1538 |
| Swiri | 3 | 698 |
| Uraweli | 4th | 1717 |
| Zqaltbila | 5 | 2007 |
| Zqruti | 3 | 1539 |
history
After the disintegration of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 16th century, the area of the municipality was partly in the initially independent state structure Samtskhe-Saatabago (Meshetia). This was soon annexed by the Ottoman Empire . After the annexation of the area to the Russian Empire as a result of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828/29, it came to the short-lived Georgia-Imereti Governorate in 1840 and in 1846 as part of the Ujezds Akhaltsikhe to the Kutais Governorate . In 1865 the Ujesd was transferred to the Tbilisi Governorate and in 1874 the Ujesd Akhalkalaki was spun off.
The Ujesd Akhaltsikhe existed until the early years of the Soviet Union . In 1930 Akhaltsikhe Rajon was expelled. After Georgia gained independence, the Rajon was assigned to the newly formed Samtskhe-Javakheti region in 1995 and transformed into a municipality in 2006.
traffic
The international trunk road S8 ( ს 8 ) runs through the municipality along the Kura via Akhaltsikhe from Chaschuri on the S1 ( ს 1 ) to the Turkish border (from there as the state road D955 towards Ardahan and on to the D100 near Erzurum ). In Akhaltsikhe the international road S11 branches off to the Armenian border via Aspindsa , Akhalkalaki and Ninozminda ; the S8 from the Turkish border to Akhaltsikhe and the S11 are also part of the European route 691 . The national road Sch1 ( შ 1 ) to Batumi also begins in Akhaltsikhe .
The Kura and the S8 follow the Chaschuri – Wale railway line opened on this section in 1947 via Akhaltsikhe to Wale .
Web links
- Website of Akhaltsikhe Municipality (Georgian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Population Census 2014 ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2016 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. (English)
- ↑ Population Census 2002 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 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. (English)
