Municipality Zugdidi
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| Country | Georgia | ||
| region | Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti | ||
| Seat | Zugdidi | ||
| surface | 668 km² | ||
| Residents | 62,511 (2014) | ||
| density | 94 inhabitants per km² | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GE-SZ | ||
| Website | zugdidi.mun.gov.ge (Georgian) | ||
Coordinates: 42 ° 27 ' N , 41 ° 48' E
The municipality Zugdidi ( Georgian ზუგდიდის მუნიციპალიტეტი , Zugdidis munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti region in western Georgia .
geography
The administrative seat of the municipality is the eponymous city Zugdidi , which has no longer belonged to the municipality itself since 2014, but is now directly subordinate to the Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti region as the main and largest city with 42,998 inhabitants.
In the south to the southeast, the 668 km² municipality Zugdidi is bounded by the municipality of Chobi , in the east on a relatively short section by the municipality of Chchorozqu and in the northeast by the municipality of Zalendschicha , all also in the Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti region. In the northwest it borders the de jure existing municipality Gali of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia , de facto, however, the Rajon Gali does not under Georgian control, recognized by only a few States Republic of Abkhazia and the west by the Black Sea .
The municipality is located in the northern part of the Colchian Plain , which rises there from the sea to the northeast up to about 150 m above sea level. In the east and north-east there is hill country up to about 300 m high. In the southeast, south of the city of Zugdidi, the hill country is sharply demarcated from the plain by a range of hills with the 466 m high Urta peak. In the northwest of the area, the Enguri , which marks the border with Abkhazia in parts, flows in the middle section with its right arm, which is called "Little Enguri" (Patara Enguri). Other major streams are the administrative seat Zugdidi traversing left Enguri Creek Tschchouschi and its left tributary Dschumi and the current flowing in sections along the border of the municipalities tsalenjikha and Chobi Chanistsqali .
Population and administrative division
The population is 62,511 (2014). The much higher number of 167,760 in the previous census in 2002 can be explained on the one hand by the fact that at that time the Zugdidi administrative seat belonged to the then Rajon (residents without a city 98,866), on the other hand by the presence of civil war refugees from nearby Abkhazia since the 1990s. Years that were consecutively distributed over different parts of Georgia. From at least the 1930s to the 1980s, the area's population had risen steadily, but mainly due to the growth of the city of Zugdidi.
- Population development
Note: census data. From the 1960s to the 1990s the city of Zugdidi was independent of rajon; again directly subordinated to the region since 2014; for these times the number of inhabitants is given with and without a city. 2002 strong increase due to refugees from Abkhazia .
The population is almost mono-ethnic Georgian or Mingrelian (99.0%); there is also a small number of predominantly Russians (as of 2002).
The largest towns with over 2000 inhabitants each are the villages of Achali Abastumani , Dartscheli , Ingiri , Kachati , Naraseni , Orsantia , Ruchi and Tschitazqari (2014). The spa and bathing resort Anaklia is located on the seashore .
The municipality is divided into 30 communities (Georgian temi, თემი or simply "village", Georgian sopeli, სოფელი if there is only one locality ) with a total of 58 localities:
| local community | Number of towns |
Population (2014) |
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| Abastumani | 3 | 1258 |
| Achali Abastumani | 1 | 2084 |
| Achalkachati | 1 | 1170 |
| Akhalsopeli | 4th | 3084 |
| Anaklia | 2 | 1368 |
| Dartscheli | 2 | 3640 |
| Didi Nedsi | 3 | 1120 |
| Dschichaskari | 2 | 1716 |
| Ergeta | 2 | 1171 |
| Ganardschiis Muchuri | 1 | 1354 |
| Grigolischi | 1 | 509 |
| Ingiri | 2 | 4834 |
| Kachati | 1 | 4024 |
| Koki | 2 | 1422 |
| Korzcheli | 3 | 1960 |
| Naraseni | 3 | 2972 |
| Odishi | 3 | 2998 |
| Oktomberi | 2 | 1598 |
| Orsantia | 1 | 2052 |
| Orulu | 3 | 1214 |
| Qulishkari | 1 | 1305 |
| Riqe | 1 | 1552 |
| Ruchi | 2 | 3978 |
| Shamgona | 1 | 1605 |
| Tschakwindschi | 2 | 1243 |
| Tschchoria | 3 | 3208 |
| Chitazqari | 1 | 3293 |
| Chkaduashi | 1 | 1470 |
| Urta | 1 | 752 |
| Zaischi | 3 | 2557 |
history
After the fall of the Kingdom of Georgia from the 16th century to the 19th century, the area belonged to the Principality of Mingrelia , whose residence was in Zugdidi. While Georgia was part of the Russian Empire and until the early years of the Soviet Union , it was part of the Ujesds Zugdidi in the Kutais Governorate .
In 1930 the independent Zugdidi Rajon was expelled. From the 1950s to 1995, the city of Zugdidi (with the surrounding, which was City Soviet imputed area) as an independent, the Soviet Republic under the direct administrative unit from the Rajon spun; the Rajon administration was still there. After Georgia gained independence, the Rajon and the reintegrated city of Zugdidi were assigned to the newly created region of Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti in 1995, and in 2006 it was converted into a municipality. On January 1, 2014 the city of Zugdidi was again separated from the municipality and now directly subordinated to the regional administration.
traffic
The international highway S1 ( ს 1 ) runs through the central part of the municipality with the capital Zugdidi from Tbilisi to the Russian or Abkhazian border (on this section also European route 97 ). In Zugdidi the national roads Sch6 ( შ 6 ) and Sch7 ( შ 7 ) branch off in a north-easterly direction ; the former leads to the administrative headquarters of the neighboring municipality of Zalendschicha and continues in a curve via Chchorozqu back to the S1 in Senaki , the latter follows the Enguri upwards via Jvari and on through Upper Svaneti with its main town Mestia . The Sch8 ( შ 8 ) runs from Zugdidi to the southwest to the Black Sea coast in Anaklia . The Sch84 ( შ 84 ) is the direct connection from Zugdidi to the neighboring municipality of Tschchorozqu to the east, while the Sch88 ( შ 88 ) leads to the northeast part of the municipality of Choni, where it connects to the Sch87 ( შ 87 ).
Since the 1990s Zugdidi has been the terminus of a railway line that branches off in Senaki from the Georgian and Transcaucasian main line Poti - Tbilisi - Baku . This consists of the remaining southern part of the Senaki – Adler railway line, opened in 1930 , which is interrupted between the Ingiri station a little west of Zugdidi and the Abkhazian Otschamtschire as a result of the Abkhazia conflict (bridge over the Enguri and others destroyed and tracks dismantled), and the original , a short branch line from Ingiri to Zugdidi built in the 1930s. Its extension to Jvari, which was put into operation in connection with the start of construction of the Enguri dam in the 1960s, was shut down and dismantled in the 1990s.
Web links
- Website of Zugdidi 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)
