Martvili municipality
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Country | Georgia | ||
region | Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti | ||
Seat | Martvili | ||
surface | 881 km² | ||
Residents | 33,463 (2014) | ||
density | 38 inhabitants per km² | ||
ISO 3166-2 | GE-SZ | ||
Website | www.martvili.ge (Georgian) |
Coordinates: 42 ° 30 ' N , 42 ° 18' E
The Munizipalität Martwili ( Georgian მარტვილის მუნიციპალიტეტი , Martwilis munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti region in western Georgia .
geography
The administrative center of the municipality Martwili is the eponymous small town Martwili .
In the west to the northwest, the 880.6 km² municipality of Martvili is bounded by the municipality of Chchorozqu , in the southwest by the municipality of Senaki and in the south by the municipality of Abascha , all also in the Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti region. In the east the municipality borders the municipality Honi in the region Imereti and in the northeast to north with the municipalities Tsageri and lentekhi in the region Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti .
The southern half of the municipality is located in the northeastern part of the Colchian Plain , which rises slowly in this area from about 60 m above sea level in a northerly direction, as well as in the adjacent hill country, which mostly reaches a height of 400 m , in places also over 600 m . In fact all of the localities are in this part of the area; north of it, the terrain rises steeply to over 1000 m above sea level, then on to the ridge of the Egrissi Mountains , which in the area of the municipality in the extreme northwest reaches a height of 3002 m with the Techurischdudi , and in the northeast to the Aschi -Plateau with the 2520 m high Godirakili.
The right Rioni tributaries Techuri (with its tributary Abascha ) and Noghela , which have their source in the mountains in the north , and the Zcheniszqali along the eastern border flow through the municipality .
Population and administrative division
With 33,463 inhabitants (2014), the number of inhabitants has fallen by around a quarter compared to the previous census (44,627 inhabitants in 2002), well above the national average. Before that, the population had only decreased slightly overall since at least the 1930s, with a slight increase in the 1960s.
- Population development
Note: census data
The population is almost mono-ethnic Georgian or Mingrelian (about 99.5%); there are also a small number of mostly Russians (as of 2002).
The largest towns besides the city of Martwili (4425 inhabitants) are the villages of Bandsa , Didi Tschqoni , Nadschachawo and Salchino (2014), each with over 1000 inhabitants .
The municipality is divided into the independent capital Martwili and 20 municipalities (Georgian temi, თემი or simply "village", Georgian sopeli, სოფელი ) with a total of 74 localities:
local community | Number of towns |
Population (2014) |
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Abedati | 4th | 1930 |
Bandsa | 4th | 1649 |
Chunzi | 3 | 1256 |
Didi Tschqoni | 5 | 3170 |
Doschaqe | 3 | 343 |
Gatchedili | 6th | 1665 |
Gurdsemi | 3 | 975 |
Intchchuri | 3 | 1140 |
Kizia | 4th | 1065 |
Course | 6th | 1462 |
Lechaindrawo | 3 | 1490 |
Nachunawo | 3 | 822 |
Najakhavo | 2 | 1310 |
Nagwasawo | 3 | 1626 |
Onoghia | 1 | 778 |
Salchino | 7th | 2686 |
Sergieti | 2 | 1051 |
Taleri | 4th | 1312 |
Tamakoni | 3 | 1496 |
Wedidkari | 5 | 1812 |
history
After the fall of the Kingdom of Georgia from the 16th century until the 19th century, the area belonged to the Principality of Mingrelia . While Georgia was part of the Russian Empire and up until the early years of the Soviet Union , it was predominantly part of the Ujesds Senaki of the Kutais Governorate ; only a small part in the southeast belonged to the Ujesd Kutais.
In 1930 the independent Martwili district was spun off. In 1936 the capital was named Gegetschkori after the revolutionary Aleksi (Sascha) Gegetschkori (1887–1928) who was born nearby , and the name of the Rajon was adapted accordingly ( Russian Гегечкорский район , Gegetschkorski rajon; Georgian გეგეჭკორის რაიონი , Gegetsch ). In 1990 the previous names were restored. After the independence of Georgia in 1995 the Rajon was assigned to the newly formed region of Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti and in 2006 it was converted into a municipality.
traffic
From the international on the highway S1 ( ს 1 ) of Tbilisi to Russian or Abkhaz limit (in this section at the same time Europastraße 60 ) located adjacent south Munizipalitätssitz Abascha according martvili the national road leads SCH4 ( შ 4 ). In the southern part of the municipality this is crossed in the village of Bandsa by the west-east connection Sch5 ( შ 5 ) Senaki– Choni . There is a direct connection between Martwili and Choni via the Sch53 ( შ 53 ). The Sch85 ( შ 85 ) runs from Martwili to the western central part of the municipality and further to the neighboring municipality of Tschchorozqu to the west ; In Salchino the Sch86 ( შ 86 ) branches off from this, which leads downriver to the right of the Techuri towards Senaki.
The nearest train station is in Abasha on the Poti - Tbilisi (- Baku) line .
Web links
- Web presence of the municipality of Martvili (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)