Английская Википедия:Akhaltsikhe Municipality
Шаблон:Infobox settlement Akhaltsikhe (Шаблон:Lang-ka, Akhaltsikhis munitsip’alit’et’i)) is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Covering an area of Шаблон:Convert. As of 2021 it had a population of 39,463 people.[1] The city of Akhaltsikhe is its administrative centre.
Administrative divisions
Akhaltsikhe municipality is administratively divided into two cities (Akhaltsikhe and Vale) and 14 communities (თემი, temi) with 46 villages (სოფელი, sopeli).[2]
The city of Akhaltsikhe was separated in 2014 from the municipality and was a so-called "self-governed" city (or kalaki). This administrative and governance reform was deemed too inefficient and expensive and was revoked in 2017.[3] Since then, the city of Akhaltsikhe has been part of the general municipality again.
Politics
Akhaltsikhe Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ახალციხის საკრებულო, Akhaltsikhe Sakrebulo) is a representative body in Akhaltsikhe Municipality, consisting of 39 members which are elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Irakli Lazarashvili of Georgian Dream was elected mayor.
| Party | 2017[4] | 2021[5] | Current Municipal Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgian Dream | 28 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United National Movement | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For Georgia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Georgia | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent * | 1 | style="background-color: Шаблон:Color box | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 33 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Split from Georgian Dream[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Population
By the start of 2021 the population was determined at 39,463 people,[1] a slight increase compared to the 2014 census.Шаблон:Refn The population of Akhaltsikhe city decreased slightly during the same period. The population density of the municipality is Шаблон:Convert.
The population of Akhaltsikhe consists for 68% of Georgians. By far the largest ethnic minority are the Armenians, who make up 31% of the population. Other minorities are a few dozen Russians, Greeks, Ukrainians, Ossetes and a few Abkhazians. In terms of religion, 68% of the population are followers of the Georgian Orthodox Church and 17.4% are followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Another large group by Georgian standards are Catholics (12.6%). Furthermore, there are small numbers of followers of Jehovah's Witnesses and Islam.
| Population Akhaltsikhe Municipality | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1897 | 1922 | 1926 | 1939 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2002[7] | 2014 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Akhaltsikhe Municipality | - | - | - | 55,490 | Шаблон:Decrease 50,420 | Шаблон:Increase 51,907 | Шаблон:Decrease 49,836 | Шаблон:Increase 54,747 | Шаблон:Decrease 46,134 | [8] Шаблон:Decrease 38,895 | Шаблон:Increase 39,463 | |||||||
| Akhaltsikhe city | 15,357 | Шаблон:Decrease 10,153 | Шаблон:Increase 12,328 | Шаблон:Decrease 12,180 | Шаблон:Increase 16,868 | Шаблон:Increase 18,972 | Шаблон:Increase 19,742 | Шаблон:Increase 24,570 | Шаблон:Decrease 18,452 | Шаблон:Decrease 17,903 | Шаблон:Decrease 17,070 | |||||||
| Vale | - | - | - | - | 9,629 | Шаблон:Decrease 7,326 | Шаблон:Decrease 6,244 | Шаблон:Increase 6,305 | Шаблон:Decrease 5,031 | Шаблон:Decrease 3,646 | Шаблон:Increase 5,215 | |||||||
| Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.[9][10][11] Note:Шаблон:Refn | ||||||||||||||||||
In November 1944, the Meskhetian Turks, a Turkic-speaking ethnic group of predominantly Muslim faith living in this area, were deported to Soviet Central Asian republics as part of a Stalinist resettlement operation.[12] At that time, the Meskhetians constituted half of the population of the raion Akhaltsikhe (1939: 28,428 of the 55,490 inhabitants).[11] Attempts to return them to independent Georgia have failed, with local resistance.[13][14]
See also
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References
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