Telavi Municipality
| Telavi Municipality | |
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| Country | Georgia |
| region | Kakheti |
| Seat | Telavi |
| surface | 1095 km² |
| Residents | 38,721 (2014) |
| density | 35 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | GE-KA |
| Website | telavi-temi.ge (Georgian) |
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Coordinates: 41 ° 55 ' N , 45 ° 29' E
The municipality of Telavi ( Georgian თელავის მუნიციპალიტეტი , Telawis munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Kakheti region in eastern Georgia .
geography
Administrative center of the municipality is the city of Telavi (19,629 inhabitants), but this was in 2014 spun off as capital of the region from the municipality and now an independent administrative unit next to this is. The 1095 km² large municipality is bordered in the west to northwest by the municipality Akhmeta , in the east by the municipality Qvareli , in the southeast by the municipality Gurdschaani and in the southwest by the municipality Sagaredscho , all also in the Kakheti region. In the northeast it borders the Republic of Dagestan of the Russian Federation .
The central part of the municipality around the city of Telavi, where most of the localities are also located, is located in the upper (northwest) section of the Alasani Basin , which is flowed through by the eponymous Alasani . To the northeast, the main ridge of the Greater Caucasus rises , on which the state border with Russia runs in the eastern part; in the western part it forms the border with the historical region of Tusheti , which today belongs to the municipality of Akhmeta. The ridge reaches a height of 3115 m on the territory of the municipality with an unnamed peak . In the southwest of the municipality extends the Gombori ridge , which reaches its greatest height in this section around the 1989 m high Ziwi .
Population and administrative division
The municipality has 38,721 inhabitants (2014); within today's limits this is a good fifth less than in the previous census in 2002 (48,784 inhabitants; with the city of Telavi, which was part of the municipality in 2002, 70,589).
- Population development
Note: census data. 1951 Achmeta district spun off. 2014 City of Telavi spun off: for comparison, the population of the municipality with the city is also shown.
The largest localities, each with over 2500 inhabitants, are the villages of Kurdghelauri , Qarajala , Wardissubani and Zinandali (2014).
The municipality is divided into 22 municipalities (here mostly with only one village each simply called "village", Georgian sopeli, სოფელი ; otherwise temi, თემი ) with a total of 29 villages:
| local community | Number of towns |
Population (2014) |
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| Akura | 1 | 1869 |
| Artana | 1 | 819 |
| Buscheti | 1 | 1090 |
| Gulgula | 1 | 1108 |
| Iqalto | 1 | 2034 |
| Kissischewi | 1 | 1916 |
| Kondoli | 1 | 2188 |
| Kurdghelauri | 1 | 3962 |
| Kvemo Khodasheni | 1 | 1277 |
| Lalisquri | 1 | 499 |
| Lapanquri | 1 | 620 |
| Napareuli | 1 | 2003 |
| Nassamchrali | 1 | 576 |
| Pschaweli | 2 | 1712 |
| Qarajala | 1 | 4891 |
| Ruispiri | 2 | 2568 |
| Saniore | 2 | 913 |
| Schalauri | 1 | 2186 |
| Tetrizqlebi | 5 | 232 |
| Wanta | 1 | 937 |
| Wardissubani | 1 | 2646 |
| Zinandali | 1 | 2675 |
Attractions
In the municipality of Telavi there are important architectural and cultural monuments, such as the Iqalto Monastery, founded in the 4th century by the Georgian monk Senon Iqaltoeli , or the Old Shuamta Monastery with a basilica from the 5th century and two domed churches, which was destroyed in the 16th century . In the nearby is that of the wife Tinatin of King Levan II. Founded on New Shuamta Monastery . Not far in the village of Kissishev there is a church from the 6th or 7th century and near the village of Akura is the Mamadawiti monastery.
Web links
- Telavi 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)
