Municipality of Adigeni
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| Country | Georgia | ||
| region | Samtskhe Javakheti | ||
| Seat | Adigeni | ||
| surface | 800 km² | ||
| Residents | 16,462 (2014) | ||
| density | 21 inhabitants per km² | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GE-SJ | ||
| Website | adigeni.ge (Georgian) | ||
Coordinates: 41 ° 42 ' N , 42 ° 42' E
The municipality Adigeni ( Georgian ადიგენის მუნიციპალიტეტი , Adigenis munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region in southern Georgia .
geography
Administrative center of the municipality Adigeni is the eponymous Market town (Georgian Daba , დაბა ) Adigeni . The 799.6 square kilometer municipality is bordered to the east by the also belongs to the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti municipality Akhaltsikhe , on the west by the municipality Chulo the Autonomous Republic of Adjara , on the northwest by the municipality chokhatauri the region Guria and the north by the municipalities Wani and Baghdati the region Imereti . The state border with Turkey runs in the south .
In the north of the municipality extends the Mescheti Mountains , which in this area with an unnamed summit reaches a height of 2778 m above sea level. The mountain range along the state border with Turkey rises to over 2,400 m . In the valley between the mountain ranges, which ends in the west with a pass to the valley of the Adschariszqali in Adjara , flows the Kwabliani , a tributary of the left Kura tributary Pozchowiszqali . Most of the municipalities are in the Kwabliani Valley.
The western end of the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park extends into the northeastern part of the municipality .
Population and administrative division
At 16,462 inhabitants (2014), the population has fallen by around a fifth compared to the previous census (20,752 inhabitants in 2002), after having been relatively stable since the 1940s.
- Population development
Note: census data. 1944 Forced relocation of the Meshetes from the area (1939: 32,923).
The municipality is now almost exclusively inhabited by Georgians with 95.7% . 3.4% of the population are Armenians , 0.5% Russians (as of 2002).
The largest localities besides the main town Adigeni (783 inhabitants) and the somewhat larger minor town Abastumani are the villages Arali , Boladschuri , Ude (with 2728 inhabitants by far the largest town in the municipality) and Warchani (2014), each with over 500 inhabitants .
The municipality is divided into the independent minor cities of Adigeni and Abastumani as well as 18 municipalities (Georgian temi, თემი ) with a total of 55 localities:
| local community | Number of towns |
Population (2014) |
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| Arali | 2 | 1368 |
| Benara | 3 | 691 |
| Bolajuri | 2 | 1120 |
| Chewashheni | 2 | 363 |
| Derzeli | 2 | 308 |
| Gorguli | 4th | 915 |
| Lelowani | 5 | 1077 |
| Mesh | 3 | 452 |
| Moche | 3 | 556 |
| Pchero | 3 | 385 |
| Sanawi | 4th | 944 |
| Sarsma | 2 | 378 |
| Sedubani | 3 | 269 |
| Chechla | 4th | 583 |
| Chortschani | 3 | 794 |
| Ude | 2 | 2763 |
| Warchani | 4th | 1219 |
| Zachani | 4th | 557 |
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 Tbilisi Governorate some time later and until the early years of the Soviet Union was largely part of its Ujesd Akhaltsikhe .
In 1930 the independent Rajon Adigeni was spun off. In November 1944, all members of the were Meskhetians , a Turkic ethnic group predominantly Muslim faith, there was one of its main settlement areas and at this time more than three thirds of the population of the Rajons accounted (1939: 32,923 of 41,314 inhabitants), in a Stalinist resettlement in the deported to the Central Asian Soviet Republics . The population of the area has not recovered from this event to this day, as, in contrast to other, economically more important parts of Georgia, only a few members of other ethnic groups were resettled there. The abandoned towns were only partially repopulated and the Meshes were not allowed to return later.
After Georgia gained independence, the Rajon was assigned to the newly formed Samtskhe-Javakheti region in 1995 and transformed into a municipality in 2006.
Attractions
The important medieval Sarsma monastery is located on the territory of the municipality near the village of the same name .
traffic
By the municipality Adigeni on their capital of the national road runs Sch1 ( შ 1 ) of Batumi by Achalziche in the international highway S8 of Chaschuri the Turkish border. Not far from the eastern border of the municipality branches off in a northerly direction via Abastumani, the national road Sch14 ( შ 14 ), which crosses an almost 2,300 m high pass in the Mescheti Mountains and leads to the imeretic capital Kutaisi .
There is a railway connection a little east of the municipality, where the Chaschuri – Wale railway ends near the small town of Wale .
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Adigeni (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)
