Chiatura municipality
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| Country | Georgia | ||
| region | Imereti | ||
| Seat | Chiatura | ||
| surface | 542 km² | ||
| Residents | 39,884 (2014) | ||
| density | 74 inhabitants per km² | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GE-IM | ||
| Website | chiatura.org.ge (Georgian) | ||
Coordinates: 42 ° 18 ' N , 43 ° 18' E
The municipality Chiatura ( Georgian ჭიათურის მუნიციპალიტეტი , Chiaturis munizipaliteti ) is an administrative unit (roughly equivalent to a district ) in the Imereti region in the central part of Georgia .
geography
The administrative center of the municipality is the eponymous small town of Chiatura . The 542 km² large municipality is bordered by the municipality of Satschere in the east, by the municipality of Charagauli in the south and by the municipalities of Sestaponi , Terdschola and Tqibuli from the southwest to the northwest , all also in Imereti; in the north it borders on the Ambrolauri municipality of the Ratscha-Letschchumi region and Lower Vanetia .
The municipality mainly occupies the valleys of the central reaches of the Qwirila and its tributaries, in the northwest the valley of the Budscha, the left source river of the right Qwirila tributary Cholaburi and in the extreme south the valleys of the right tributaries of the left Qwirila tributary Dsirula . In the north, the area is separated from the historical region of Ratscha , today's municipality of Ambrolauri, by the Ratscha Mountains , which reach a height of 1997 m on the border of the municipality of Chiatura with the Sazalike . The low mountain range , which occupies the largest part of the municipality, rises from the Qwirila valley to the south again to a height of over 1000 m .
Population and administrative division
With 39,884 inhabitants (2014), the number of inhabitants has fallen by almost a third compared to the previous census (56,341 inhabitants in 2002), well above the national average. Before that, the population had been falling continuously since the 1970s (within today's limits a maximum of 72,059 inhabitants in 1970), especially since the 1990s.
- Population development
Note: census data. In 1939 (after the census), Satschere Rajon was spun off.
The population is almost mono-ethnic Georgian (about 99.0%); there are also a small number of Armenians and Russians (as of 2002).
The largest villages besides the city of Chiatura (12,803 inhabitants) are the villages of Chreiti , Itchwissi , Rgani and Sodi (2014), each with over 1000 inhabitants .
The municipality is divided into the independent capital Chiatura and 15 municipalities (Georgian temi, თემი or simply "village", Georgian sopeli, სოფელი ) with a total of 60 localities:
| local community | Number of towns |
Population (2014) |
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| Chreiti | 1 | 1644 |
| Chwaschiti | 5 | 377 |
| Gesruli | 1 | 323 |
| Itchwissi | 3 | 2544 |
| Kazchi | 7th | 3049 |
| Kwaziche | 4th | 1694 |
| Mandaeti | 5 | 1816 |
| Nigoseti | 8th | 3402 |
| Perevissa | 6th | 2746 |
| Rgani | 1 | 1316 |
| Sarkweletubani | 4th | 932 |
| Sodi | 4th | 2744 |
| Sweri | 3 | 1210 |
| Watschewi | 4th | 803 |
| Zirkwali | 4th | 2481 |
history
From the collapse of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 15th century until the 19th century, the area belonged virtually continuously to the Kingdom of Imereti . While Georgia belonged to the Russian Empire , it was part of the Ujesds Schorapani of the Kutais Governorate , to which it belonged until the early years of the Soviet Union. In 1930, a new Rajon was designated around the city of Chiatura, which had been the administrative seat of the Ujesd since the 1920s, which also included the territory of the later Rajon (now the municipality) of Satschere. This became independent in 1939. After the independence of Georgia, the Chiatura Rajon was assigned to the newly formed Imereti region in 1995 and converted into a municipality in 2006.
traffic
The national road Sch22 ( შ 22 ) runs through the municipality and follows the course of the Qwirila river or runs west above the narrow valley. It branches off from the international trunk road S1 ( ს 1 ) from Tbilisi to the Russian or Abkhazian border (on this section also European route 60 ) in the inner Cartlian municipality of Chaschuri and reaches the Qwirila valley at the neighboring municipality of Satschchere to the east ; to the southwest it follows the river down to Sestaponi , where the S1 is reached again. The Sch115 ( შ 115 ) runs from Chiatura to the southeast as a direct connection to the Sch22 near the village of Korbouli , and the Sch102 ( შ 102 ) to the west of Terdschola from the Sch22 west of Chiatura .
The Sestaponi – Satschchere railway runs through Chiatura and was opened as a narrow-gauge railway until there in 1895 and on to Satschchere in 1904 . In the 1950s it was converted to broad gauge and was electrified .
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Chiatura (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)
