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Adigeni Municipality

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Adigeni Municipality
ადიგენის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Abastumani
Abastumani
Flag of Adigeni Municipality
Flag
Official seal of Adigeni Municipality
Seal
File:GEO-SJ-AD.svg
CountryFile:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
MkhareSamtskhe-Javakheti
CapitalAdigeni
Government
 • TypeMayor–Council
 • MayorGocha Qimadze (GD)
 • Municipal Assembly
33 members
Area
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 • Total
799.5 km2 (308.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
16,092
 • Density20.13/km2 (52.13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)
Websiteadigeni.ge

Adigeni (Georgian: ადიგენის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Covering an area of about 799.5 km2 (309 sq mi). As of 2021 it had a population of 16,092 people.[2] The borough (daba) Adigeni is its administrative centre.

Administrative divisions

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Adigeni municipality is administratively divided into two boroughs (Adigeni and Abastumani), 18 communities (თემი, temi), and 55 villages (სოფელი, sopeli).[1]

Politics

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Adigeni Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ადიგენის საკრებულო) is the representative body in Adigeni Municipality, consisting of 33 members which is elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Gocha Qimadze of Georgian Dream was elected mayor and the ruling Georgian Dream remained a dominant force in Adigeni.

Party 2017[3] 2021[4] Current Municipal Assembly
  Georgian Dream 23 21                                          
  United National Movement 1 9                  
  People's Power 3[a]      
  European Georgia 5
  Alliance of Patriots 1
Total 30 33  

Population

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Zarzma monastery

By the start of 2021 the population was determined at 16,092 people,[2] a slight decrease compared to the 2014 census.[1] The population density of the municipality is 20.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (52/sq mi).

The population of Adigeni is practically monoethnic Georgian. By far the largest ethnic minority are the Armenians (almost 400, 2.2%) who mainly live in Abastumani and make up 18% of the population there. Other minorities are several dozen Russians and a few Azerbaijanis, Ossetes, Ukrainians, Abkhazians and Pontic Greeks. Furthermore, 67.7% of the population consists of followers of the Georgian Orthodox Church and 20.1% is Muslim. Another large group by Georgian standards are the Catholics (10%). Furthermore, there are small numbers of followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church and Jehovah's Witnesses.

Population Adigeni Municipality
1886 1923 1939 1959 1970 1979 1989 2002[7] 2014 2021
Adigeni Municipality 17,983 - Increase 41,314 Decrease 19,593 Increase 20,272 Increase 20,278 Increase 21,284 Decrease 20,752 Decrease 16,462 Decrease 16,092
Adigeni daba - - 656 Increase 1,200 Decrease 859 Increase 981 Increase 1,309 Decrease 980 Decrease 783 Increase 975
Abastumani daba - 1,244 Increase 3,001 Increase 3,521 Decrease 3,253 Decrease 2,935 Decrease 2,564 Decrease 1,368 Decrease 937 Decrease 723
Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.[8][9][10] Note:[7]

In November 1944, the Meskhetian Turks, a Turkish-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 three quarters of the population of the rajon Adigeni (1939: 32,923 of the 41,314 inhabitants).[10] Attempts to return them to independent Georgia have failed, with local resistance.[13][14]

See also

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Explanatory notes

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  1. ^ Split from Georgian Dream.[5][6]

References

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