| Official Name: | Bolnisi Municipality | ||||||||
| Native Name: | ბოლნისის მუნიციპალიტეტი | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | geo | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Mkhare | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Kvemo Kartli | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Administrative centre | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Bolnisi | ||||||||
| Government Type: | Mayor–Council | ||||||||
| Governing Body: | Bolnisi Municipal Assembly | ||||||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||||||
| Leader Name: | David Sherazadishvili (GD) | ||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 804 | ||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2021 | ||||||||
| Population Total: | 56,036 | ||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||
| Demographics Type1: | Population by ethnicity[1] | ||||||||
| Demographics1 Info1: | 63.4 % | ||||||||
| Demographics1 Title2: | Georgians | ||||||||
| Demographics1 Info2: | 30.9 % | ||||||||
| Demographics1 Title3: | Armenians | ||||||||
| Demographics1 Info3: | 5.0 % | ||||||||
| Timezone: | Georgian Time | ||||||||
| Website: | http://bolnisi.gov.ge/ | ||||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||||
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Bolnisi (Georgian: ბოლნისის მუნიციპალიტეტი, Bolnisis munitsip’alit’et’i) is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Kvemo Kartli, covering an area of 804km². As of 2021 it had a population of 56,036 people. The city of Bolnisi is its administrative centre.
Bolnisi Municipality is situated in the south of the country and shares a border with Armenia. The highest point is Mt Loki at 2142m (7,028feet) above sea level.[2]
Bolnisi municipality is administratively divided into 14 communities (თემი, temi) with 46 villages (სოფელი, sopeli), two urban-type settlements (დაბა, daba) and one city (ქალაკი, kalaki).[3]
The population of Bolnisi was 56,036 at the beginning of 2021,[4] which is an increase of nearly 5% since the last census of 2014.[3] In 2014 the ethnic composition was 63.4% Azerbaijani, 30.9% Georgian and 5.0% Armenian. The population density is 69.7 people per square kilometer (2021).
| Population Bolnisi Municipality | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 1922 | 1926 | 1939 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2002 | 2014 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Bolnisi Municipality | - | - | - | 33,975 | 45,019 | 60,556 | 68,296 | 81,920 | 74,301 | 53,590 | 56,036 | |||||||
| - | 4,591 | 5,658 | 7,137 | 12,420 | 11,504 | 12,442 | 15,047 | 9,944 | 8,967 | 8,288 | ||||||||
| Kazreti (daba) | - | - | - | - | - | 2,538 | 5,921 | 9,124 | 7,272 | 4,340 | 5,483 | |||||||
| Tamarisi (daba) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 707 | 434 | 510 | 697 | |||||||
| Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.[5] [6] [7] Note: | ||||||||||||||||||
Bolnisi Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ბოლნისის საკრებულო) is the representative body in Bolnisi Municipality, consisting of 36 members which are elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. David Sherazadishvili of Georgian Dream was reelected as mayor.
| Party | 2017[8] | 2021[9] | Current Municipal Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United National Movement | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | align=right | 30 | align=right | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||