Adigeni Municipality Explained

Official Name:Adigeni Municipality
Native Name:ადიგენის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Native Name Lang:geo
Mapsize:280
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Mkhare
Subdivision Name1:Samtskhe-Javakheti
Subdivision Type2:Capital
Subdivision Name2:Adigeni
Government Type:Mayor–Council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Gocha Qimadze (GD)
Leader Title2:Municipal Assembly
Area Total Km2:799.5
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:16,092
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Georgian Time
Utc Offset:+4
Website:adigeni.ge

Adigeni (Georgian: ადიგენის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Covering an area of about 799.5km². As of 2021 it had a population of 16,092 people.[1] The borough (daba) Adigeni is its administrative centre.

Administrative divisions

Adigeni municipality is administratively divided into two boroughs (Adigeni and Abastumani), 18 communities (თემი, temi), and 55 villages (სოფელი, sopeli).[2]

Politics

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.

Party2017[3] 2021[4] Current Municipal Assembly
 2321                     
 United National Movement19         
 People's Power3   
 European Georgia5
 Alliance of Patriots1
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Population

By the start of 2021 the population was determined at 16,092 people, a slight decrease compared to the 2014 census. The population density of the municipality is .

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 2014 2021
Adigeni Municipality17,983 - 41,314 19,593 20,272 20,278 21,284 20,752 16,462 16,092
Adigeni daba- - 656 1,200 859 981 1,309 980 783 975
Abastumani daba - 1,244 3,001 3,521 3,253 2,935 2,564 1,368 937 723
Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.[5] [6] [7] Note:

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.[8] At that time, the Meskhetians constituted three quarters of the population of the rajon Adigeni (1939: 32,923 of the 41,314 inhabitants). Attempts to return them to independent Georgia have failed, with local resistance.[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and Demography - Population by cities and boroughs (daba), as of 1 January . 2021-01-01 . 2022-02-14 . National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat . en .
  2. Web site: Main Results of the 2014 Census (Publication). Census.ge, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). 285-289. pdf. 2016-04-28. 2022-01-19. ka. 2020-02-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213232229/http://census.ge/files/pdf/2014-wlis-aRweris-ZiriTadi-Sedegebi.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2017 . 2021-01-06 . CESKO Central Election Commission . 42-43 . ka.
  4. Web site: Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021 . 2021-01-06 . CESKO Central Election Commission . 52-53 . ka.
  5. Web site: Population divisions of Georgia . 2022-01-18 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
  6. Web site: Population cities & towns of Georgia . 2022-01-18 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
  7. Web site: 1939 census. 2022-02-23 . Ethno Kavkaz . ru .
  8. Web site: From Exile to Exile: The Perpetual Deportation of the Ahıska Turks . 2022-02-15 . 2021-01-27 . Genocide Watch. en .
  9. Web site: Meskhetian Turks Return to Lost Homeland in Georgia . 2022-02-15 . 2009-10-09 . Eurasianet . en .
  10. Web site: Meskhetian Turks: Still Struggling to Return to Their Homeland . 2022-02-15 . 2003-03-25 . Eurasianet . en .