Aspindza Municipality Explained

Official Name:Aspindza Municipality
Native Name:ასპინძის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Native Name Lang:geo
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Mkhare
Subdivision Name1:Samtskhe-Javakheti
Subdivision Type2:Capital
Subdivision Name2:Aspindza
Government Type:Mayor–Council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Rostom Magraqvelidze (GD)
Area Total Km2:825
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:10,587
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Georgian Time
Utc Offset:+4

Aspindza (Georgian: ასპინძის მუნიციპალიტეტი, Aspindzis munitsipalit'et'i) is a municipality in southern Georgia, in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti with a population of 10,372 (2021). Its main town and administrative center is Aspindza and it has an area of .

Administrative divisions

Aspindza municipality is administratively divided into one borough (დაბა, daba), the municipal centre Aspindza and 18 communities (თემი, temi) with 55 villages (სოფელი, sopeli):[1]

Politics

Aspindza Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ასპინძის საკრებულო, Aspindzis Sakrebulo) is a representative body in Aspindza Municipality, consisting of 30 members which are elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Rostom Magraqvelidze of Georgian Dream was elected mayor.

Party2017[2] 2021[3] Current Municipal Assembly
 2219                  
 United National Movement16     
 3   
 21 
 Lelo1 
 Alliance of Patriots2
Total align=right 27align=right 30  

Population

By the start of 2021 the population was determined at 10,587 people,[4] a slight increase compared to the 2014 census. The population of Aspindza town decreased slightly during the same period. The population density of the municipality is .

The population consists for 86% of Georgians. By far the largest ethnic minority are the Armenians, who make up more than 13% of the population. Almost all of them live in the village of Damala, just outside the main town of Aspindza. Furthermore, some Russians, Ossetes, Ukrainians and Greeks live in the municipality. The population consists for 74.8% of followers of the Georgian Orthodox Church and 11.6% is Muslim followed by followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church (almost 10%), Catholics (2.3%) and a small community of several dozen Jehovah's Witnesses.

Population Aspindza Municipality
1886 1917 1923 1939 1959 1970 1979 1989 2002 2014 2021
Aspinda Municipality- - - 32,644 11,265 12,494 12,264 13,262 13,010 10,372 10,587
Aspindza - 553 679 1,461 1,609 2,550 2,877 3,711 3,243 2,793 2,648
Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.[5] [6] [7] Note:
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.[8] At that time, the Meskhetians constituted two-thirds of the population of the rajon Aspindza (1939: 21,612 of the 32,644 inhabitants). Attempts to return them to independent Georgia have failed, with local resistance.[9] [10]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Main Results of the 2014 Census (Publication). Census.ge, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). 290-293. 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.
  2. Web site: Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2017 . 43-45 . 2021-01-06 . CESKO Central Election Commission . ka .
  3. Web site: Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021 . 53-55 . 2021-01-06 . CESKO Central Election Commission . ka .
  4. Web site: Population and Demography - Population by cities and boroughs (daba), as of 1 January . 2021-01-01 . 2022-01-03 . National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat . en .
  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 .

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