Sighnaghi Municipality
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| Country | Georgia | ||
| region | Kakheti | ||
| Seat | Sighnaghi | ||
| surface | 1251 km² | ||
| Residents | 29,948 (2014) | ||
| density | 24 inhabitants per km² | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GE-KA | ||
| Website | signagi.com.ge (Georgian) | ||
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Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ' N , 45 ° 55' E
The municipality Sighnaghi ( Georgian სიღნაღის მუნიციპალიტეტი , Sighnaghis munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Kakheti region in eastern Georgia .
geography
The administrative center of Sighnaghi Municipality is the small town of Sighnaghi , one of the smallest cities in Georgia. In the west and north-west the 1251 km² large municipality is bounded by the municipalities of Sagaredscho and Gurdschaani , in the north by the Lagodechi and in the southeast by the Dedopliszqaro , all also in the Kakheti region. It borders the Republic of Azerbaijan in the northeast along the Alazani River and across the Iori River in the southwest .
The Gombori ridge runs through the central part of the municipality , in this section a mostly wooded low mountain range , with the 1087 m high Tschotori near Sighnaghi as the highest peak in the area. In fact all localities of the municipality are in this mountain range or on both sides directly at its foot. Northeast of the ridge to the east of the area, the Alasani Basin extends to the river of the same name with the state border with Azerbaijan. The area southwest of the mountains is occupied by the dry and sparsely populated Iori highlands .
Population and administrative division
With 29,948 inhabitants (2014), the population has fallen by almost a third compared to the previous census (43,587 inhabitants in 2002).
- Population development
Note: census data
The largest localities are the city of Znori , with 4815 inhabitants more than three times the size of the main town Sighnaghi (1485 inhabitants), as well as the villages of Anaga , Bodbischewi , Dschugaani , Kwemo Bodbe and Sakobo (2014) with over 2000 inhabitants each .
The municipality is divided into the independent cities of Sighnaghi and Znori as well as 12 municipalities (Georgian temi, თემი or simply "village", Georgian sopeli, სოფელი ) with a total of 18 localities:
| local community | Number of towns |
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| Anaga | 1 | 2002 |
| Bodbe | 2 | 2711 |
| Bodbishevik | 1 | 2665 |
| Jugaani | 2 | 2424 |
| Dsweli Anaga | 1 | 1465 |
| Iliazminda | 1 | 560 |
| Kwemo Matschchaani | 4th | 1258 |
| Magharo | 1 | 1747 |
| Nukriani | 1 | 1935 |
| Sakobo | 2 | 3145 |
| Tibaani | 1 | 1786 |
| Wakiri | 1 | 1950 |
Attractions
The most important tourist destination of the municipality is the town of Sighnaghi with the Bodbe Monastery , which is about two kilometers away and which, according to tradition, was built at the burial site of the Georgian national saint Nino .
literature
- Soviet Georgian Encyclopedia. Volume 9. Tiflis, 1985, pp. 407-408
- L. Maruashvili: Physical geography of Georgia. Tbilisi, 1964
Web links
- Sighnaghi Municipality website (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)
