Borjomi Municipality
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| Country | Georgia | ||
| region | Samtskhe Javakheti | ||
| Seat | Borjomi | ||
| surface | 1189 km² | ||
| Residents | 25,214 (2014) | ||
| density | 21 inhabitants per km² | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GE-SJ | ||
| Website | borjomi.org.ge (Georgian) | ||
Coordinates: 41 ° 45 ' N , 43 ° 30' E
The municipality Borjomi ( Georgian ბორჯომის მუნიციპალიტეტი , Bordschomis munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region in the central part of Georgia .
geography
The administrative center of the municipality is the eponymous small town Borjomi . The 1,189 square kilometer municipality borders from the southwest to the southeast on the which also belongs to the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti municipalities Akhaltsikhe , Aspindza and Akhalkalaki , on the east by the municipality Zalka in the region Kvemo Kartli , from north to northeast on the municipalities Khashuri , Kareli and Gori in the region Shida Kartli and to the northwest by the municipality municipality Kharagauli in the region of Imereti .
The municipality extends predominantly in the valleys of the Kura , its right tributary Gudscharetiszqali and its tributaries. In the northwest rises the easternmost part of the Meschetian Mountains , which in the extreme west of the area with the Megruki reaches a height of 2475 m above sea level and gradually drops in a northeast direction. Along the southwest border and through the southeast runs the main ridge of the Trialeti Mountains with its highest peak Schawiklde ( 2850 m ); the side ridge, which marks the north-eastern border of the municipality with the Inner Kartlien, reaches a good 2300 m above sea level. The extreme south-east of the area lies beyond the Trialeti main ridge on the upper reaches of the Kzia, which further below becomes Chrami and flows off in a south-easterly direction. In this area lies the Tabazkuri Lake, almost 2000 m above sea level, with no outflow .
In the northwest of the municipality a part of the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park extends , in the southeast a large part of the Kzia-Tabazkuri nature reserve.
Population and administrative division
At 25,214 inhabitants (2014), the number of inhabitants has fallen by over a fifth compared to the previous census (32,422 inhabitants in 2002), thus continuing the trend that has continued since the 1990s. Before that, it had risen slightly almost constantly since the 1930s.
- Population development
Note: census data
The municipality is mostly inhabited by Georgians with 84.2% . 9.6% of the population are Armenians , 2.2% Ossetians , 1.8% Russians and 1.7% Greeks (as of 2002).
The largest localities besides the city of Borjomi (10,546 inhabitants) are the minor cities (Georgian daba , დაბა ) Bakuriani (1,879 inhabitants), Achaldaba (1,586 inhabitants) and Zaghweri (799 inhabitants) as well as the village Qwibissi (1,527 inhabitants, all 2014).
The municipality is divided into the independent places Borjomi (city) and Akhaldaba (minor city) as well as eleven municipalities (for the other minor cities referred to as "territorial organ ", Georgian teritoriuli organo, ტერიტორიული ორგანო , for the villages Georgian temi, თემი or in just one place simply "village", Georgian sopeli, სოფელი ) with a total of 42 localities, including one municipality and eight localities without permanent residents:
| local community | Number of towns |
Population (2014) |
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| Bakuriani 1 | 6 2 | 2348 |
| Balanta | 2 | 410 |
| Dwiri | 4th | 2062 |
| Gujareti | 4 3 | - |
| Gwerdissubani | 5 4 | 4th |
| Qwibissi | 6th | 2944 |
| Tabazquri | 2 | 775 |
| Tadsrissi | 3 | 1719 |
| Tba | 5 | 840 |
| Zaghweri 5 | 4th | 1574 |
| Zichisdschwari | 1 | 406 |
history
The area of the municipality in the Middle Ages roughly corresponded to the territory of the Tori Province of the Kingdom of Georgia . After its disintegration in the 16th century, it was initially under the influence of the independent state structure Samzche-Saatabago (Meschetien). This was soon annexed by the Ottoman Empire , whereby the former Tori lay in the border area to the Georgian Kingdom of Kartlien or later Kartlien-Kakheti and was largely depopulated during this period. After this part of Georgia was annexed to the Russian Empire as a result of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828/29, it became part of the Tbilisi Governorate in the mid-19th century and belonged to its Ujesd Gori until the early years of the Soviet Union .
In 1930 the independent Borjomi Rajon was spun off. From 1963 to 1966 the Rajon was in the meantime dissolved and its territory was assigned to the northern neighboring Rajon Chaschuri. After Georgia gained independence, the Rajon was assigned to the newly formed Samtskhe-Javakheti region in 1995 and converted into a municipality in 2006.
traffic
The international trunk road S8 ( ს 8 ) runs through the valley of the Kura and the administrative center Borjomi, which branches off from the S1 ( ს 1 ) in Chaschuri and continues via Akhaltsikhe to the Turkish border. In Bordschomi the National road branches Sch20 ( შ 20 ab), by Zaghweri and health resort leads Bakuriani and in its further course after Akhalkalaki the crest of the mountain range Trialeti with the 2454 m high Zchrazqaro- pass overcomes.
The S8 follows the Chaschuri – Wale railway through the Kura Valley via Borjomi and Akhaltsikhe. The resorts of Borjomi and Bakuriani are connected by the narrow-gauge railway Bordschomi – Bakuriani , which opened in 1902 .
Web links
- Website of Borjomi 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)
