Dedopliszqaro Municipality
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| Country | Georgia | ||
| region | Kakheti | ||
| Seat | Dedopliszqaro | ||
| surface | 2529 km² | ||
| Residents | 21,221 (2014) | ||
| density | 8.4 inhabitants per km² | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GE-KA | ||
| Website | dedoplistskaro.ge (Georgian) | ||
Coordinates: 41 ° 27 ' N , 46 ° 7' E
The municipality Dedopliszqaro ( Georgian დედოფლისწყაროს მუნიციპალიტეტი , Dedopliszqaros munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Kakheti region in the far east of Georgia . It emerged from the existing in the Soviet period Zitelizqaro Rajon ( წითელწყაროს რაიონი , Zitelzqaros raioni ), after the then name of the administrative center Zitelizqaro.
geography
The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Dedopliszqaro . The area is 2529.2 km². The municipality is bounded in the northwest and west by the municipality of Sighnaghi ; in the south, east and northeast it is surrounded by the state border with the Republic of Azerbaijan .
The north reaches the southeast end of the Gombori ridge with the exactly 1000 m high Nikoras Ziche in the immediate vicinity of Dedopliszqaro as the highest peak in the area. The ridge separates the Alasani basin with the Alasani river from the Iori highlands , which is already outside the municipality . The dry and extremely sparsely populated highlands take up most of the municipality and extend to the Iori River on the border with Azerbaijan in the southeast. The flat north-east of the highlands is also known as the Shirakisteppe .
Population and administrative division
With 21,221 inhabitants (2014), the population has fallen sharply compared to the previous census (30,811 inhabitants 2002).
- Population development
Note: census data
The largest localities besides the city of Dedopliszqaro (5940 inhabitants) are the villages of Chornabudschi (formerly Zitelizqaro like the nearby town), Samreklo (formerly Japaridze ), Semo Kedi and Semo Matschchaani (2014), each with over 1500 inhabitants .
The municipality is divided into the independent main town Dedopliszqaro and 13 municipalities (here mostly with only one town each simply referred to as "village", Georgian sopeli, სოფელი ; otherwise temi, თემი ) with a total of 15 towns:
| local community | Number of towns |
Population (2014) |
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| Arboschiki | 1 | 1138 |
| Archiloskalo | 1 | 980 |
| Khornabuji | 2 | 2219 |
| Gamardschweba | 1 | 1010 |
| Kwemo Kedi | 1 | 1153 |
| Mirsaani | 1 | 433 |
| Osaani | 2 | 913 |
| Pirosmani | 1 | 569 |
| Sabatlo | 1 | 391 |
| Samreklo | 1 | 1786 |
| Samtazqaro | 1 | 1037 |
| Semo Kedi | 1 | 1826 |
| Semo Matschchaani | 1 | 1826 |
Attractions
The main attraction of the municipality is the medieval castle Khornabudschi near Dedopliszqaro, the center of the historic Georgian province of Kambechovani . The Vashlowani National Park extends to the extreme southeast .
literature
- Soviet Georgian Encyclopedia. Volume 11, Tiflis 1987, pp. 321-322.
- L. Maruashvili: Physical geography of Georgia. Tbilisi 1964.
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Dedopliszqaro (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)
