Gurjaani Municipality

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Gurjaani Municipality
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Basic data
Country Georgia
region Kakheti
Seat Gurjaani
surface 846 km²
Residents 54,337 (2014)
density 64 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 GE-KA
Website gurjaani.ge (Georgian)

Coordinates: 41 ° 45 '  N , 45 ° 48'  E

The municipality Gurdschaani ( Georgian გურჯაანის მუნიციპალიტეტი , Gurdschaanis munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Kakheti region in eastern Georgia .

geography

The administrative center of Gurdschaani Municipality is the small town of Gurdschaani . The municipality, which covers an area of ​​846 km², is bounded by five municipalities that also belong to the Kakheti region: in the west of Sagaredscho , in the northwest of Telavi , in the northeast of Qvareli , in the east of Lagodechi and in the southeast and south of Sighnaghi .

The northeastern part of the municipality with most of the larger towns is located in the area of ​​the southwestern flank of the Alasani basin ; the eponymous river Alasani marks the north-eastern border of the municipality. The Gombori ridge extends through the middle part , which - in contrast to its higher part further to the northwest - has the character of a wooded low mountain range , with the 1332  m high Tba-Zweri as the highest peak. At the southwestern foot of the ridge there are also a number of villages before the arid and sparsely populated Iori highlands begin, which occupies the southwestern part of the municipality up to the Iori River .

Population and administrative division

The municipality has 54,337 inhabitants (2014); this is about a quarter less than in the previous census in 2002 (72,618).

Population development

Note: census data

The largest settlements besides the city of Gurdschaani (8024 inhabitants) are the villages Bakurziche , Gurdschaani (south of the city, but independent), Kardenachi , Tschumlaqi , Wasissubani , Wedschini and Welisziche (2014), each with over 2500 inhabitants .

The municipality is divided into the independent main town Gurdschaani and 23 communities (here mostly with only one town each simply referred to as "village", Georgian sopeli, სოფელი ; otherwise temi, თემი ) with a total of 30 towns:

local community Number of
towns
Population
(2014)
Achascheni 1 2420
Araschenda 5 1913
Bakurziche 1 2574
Jimiti 1 1205
Dsirkoki 1 1120
Gurjaani 1 3738
Kalauri 1 1976
Kardenachi 1 3873
Katschreti 1 1958
Kolagi 1 1046
Melaani 1 1079
Mukusani 2 1362
Naniani 1 506
Schaschiani 1 2342
Semo Katschreti 1 671
Chalaubani 1 897
Tschandari 1 1678
Cheremy 1 28
Chumlaqi 2 3922
Wasissubani 1 2862
Watschnadsiani 2 1700
Wedschini 1 2935
Weliskikhe 1 4508

Attractions

There are significant architectural monuments in the municipality. The church of All Saints' Church in Gurdschaani (Gurdschaanis Qwelazminda) from the 8th or 9th century is particularly well-known . The Watschnadsiani Monastery of All Saints (Watschnadsianis Qwelazminda) is located near the village of Watschnadsiani . The health resort Akhtala is a suburb of the city of Gurjaani . Other local attractions include a medieval castle in Vedschini village, the 13th century Sabazminda church in Kardenachi, the Wasissubani basilica and the Sanagire monastery .

Web links

Commons : Gurdschaani Municipality  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geostat.ge
  2. 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) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geostat.ge