Dmanisi Municipality Explained

Official Name:

Dmanisi Municipality

Native Name:

დმანისის მუნიციპალიტეტი

Native Name Lang:

geo

Subdivision Type:

Country

Subdivision Type1:

Mkhare

Subdivision Name1:

Kvemo Kartli

Subdivision Type2:

Administrative centre

Subdivision Name2:

Dmanisi

Government Type:

Mayor–Council

Governing Body:

Dmanisi Municipal Assembly

Leader Title:

Mayor

Leader Name:

Koba Muradashvili (GD)

Area Total Km2:

1198.8

Population As Of:

2021

Population Total:

20,922

Population Density Km2:

auto

Demographics Type1:

Population by ethnicity^[1]

Demographics1 Title1:

Azerbaijanis

Demographics1 Info1:

65,5 %

Demographics1 Title2:

Georgians

Demographics1 Info2:

33,1 %

Demographics1 Title3:

Armenians

Demographics1 Info3:

0,5 %

Demographics1 Title4:

Greeks

Demographics1 Info4:

0,5 %

Demographics1 Title5:

Russians

Demographics1 Info5:

0,4 %

Timezone:

Georgian Time

Utc Offset:

Module:

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Dmanisi (Georgian: დმანისის მუნიციპალიტეტი, Dmanisis munitsip’alit’et’i) is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Kvemo Kartli, covering an area of 1198.8km2. As of 2021 it had a population of 20,922 people. The city of Dmanisi is its administrative centre.

Administrative divisions

Dmanisi municipality is administratively divided into 15 communities (თემი, temi) with 57 villages (სოფელი, sopeli) and one city (Dmanisi).^[2]

Population

The population of Dmanisi Municipality is 20,922 according to the 2021 estimate,^[3] which is a slight increase from the last census of 2014 (19,141). The ethnic composition is 31.2% Georgian, 65.5% Azerbaijani. The population density is 17.5 people per square kilometer.

Population Dmanisi Municipality
	1923	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2002	2014	2021
Dmanisi Municipality	-	33,975	34,174	43,785	44,075	52,208	28,034	19,141	20,922
	670	1,871	4,778	4,076	4,530	8,650	3,427	2,661	2,920
Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.^[4] ^[5] ^[6] Note:

Politics

Dmanisi Municipal Assembly (Georgian: დმანისის საკრებულო, Dmanisi Sakrebulo) is the representative body in Dmanisi Municipality, consisting of 30 members which are elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Koba Muradashvili of Georgian Dream was elected mayor.

Party		2017^[7]	2021^[8]	Current Municipal Assembly
		27	15
	United National Movement	1	12
	Progress and Freedom		1
	Independent		2
	Development Movement	3
Total		align=right	31	align=right	30

External links

Website Municipality

Notes and References

Web site: Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014 . mashke.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20181104125931/http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm . 2018-11-04 . live.
Web site: Main Results of the 2014 Census (Publication). Census.ge, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). 328–332. 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.
Web site: Population and Demography - Population by cities and boroughs (daba), as of 1 January . 2021-01-01 . 2022-03-06 . National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat . en .
Web site: Population divisions of Georgia . 2022-03-06 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
Web site: Population cities & towns of Georgia . 2022-03-06 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
Web site: Ethnic composition rural Georgia 1923 . 2022-03-06 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
Web site: Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2017 . 2021-01-06 . CESKO Central Election Commission . 23–24 . ka.
Web site: Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021 . 29–31 . 2021-01-06 . CESKO Central Election Commission . ka .