Kizilajlo Explained

Official Name:Kizilajlo
Native Name:ყიზილ-აჯლო
Native Name Lang:ka
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Georgia#Georgia Kvemo Kartli
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Mkhare
Subdivision Name1:Kvemo Kartli
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Marneuli
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:7,291
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Georgian Time
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:41.4786°N 44.7725°W
Elevation M:420

Kizilajlo or Kizil-Ajlo (Georgian: ყიზილაჯლო|tr, Georgian: ყიზილ-აჯლო|tr; Azerbaijani: Qızılhacılı) is a village of nearly 7,300 residents (2014) in Georgia’s southern Marneuli Municipality (Kvemo Kartli region). The village is attached on the west side of the residential area of Marneuli city, the municipal center, at roughly 400 to 450 metres above sea level and about 50km (30miles) south of Tbilisi. Kizilajlo is the second largest village in the municipality after Sadakhlo. It is a so called independent village (სოფელი, sopeli) that is not part of a grouped community (თემი, temi).[1]

Kizilajlo is rather inconspicuous in the shadow of the city of Marneuli, but the suburban village is notorious for violence, intimidation and fraud during election time.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Demographics

Kizilajlo had a population of 7,291 according to the 2014 census.[6] Apart from a few dozen Georgians and Armenian, the village is mono-ethnic Azerbaijani (99.4%).[7]

Year 1897 1923 1939 1959 1970 1979 1989 2002 2014
Number- ,.435 - - 4,500 5,298 - 7,124 7,291
Data: 1923[8] 1970,[9] 1979,[10] Census 2002 and 2014 Note:

Sights

The 19th century mosque in Kizilajlo was granted the status of a cultural heritage monument in March 2012 by decree of the Georgian Minister of Culture and Monument to legally protect its historical and cultural value.[11]

Transport

The road of international importance S6 (E117) passes through Kizilajlo. This road connects Tbilisi via Marneuli and Bolnisi with the Armenian border at Guguti. This is also the only connection for the village to other places.

The railwayline Marneuli - Bolnisi - Kazreti passes through the village, but has no station here. The line is also no longer in use for passenger traffic. The nearest station is in Marneuli, from where trains depart for Tbilisi, Sadakhlo and Yerevan.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Main Results of the 2014 Census (Publication) . Census.ge, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) . 343 . 2016-04-28 . 2022-03-26 . 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: Five shot in attack on party headquarters in Marneuli, Georgia . 2017-10-20 . 2022-03-26 . OC Media . en .
  3. Web site: 3 observers were expelled from Kizilajlo precinct in Marneuli . 2020-10-31 . 2022-03-26 . RegInfo . ka.
  4. Web site: Mayoral candidate of European Georgia says representative of Girchi was beaten by representatives of the Georgian Dream in Kizilajlo . 2021-10-02 . 2022-03-26 . IPN Interpress News . en .
  5. Web site: Elections 2021: police detain 7, launch investigations into 16 criminal cases . 2021-10-03 . 2022-03-26 . Agenda.ge . en .
  6. Web site: All places: 2002, 2014 censuses . 2022-03-26 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
  7. Web site: Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014 . 2022-03-26 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
  8. Web site: Ethnic composition rural Georgia 1923 . 2022-01-18 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
  9. Web site: Ethnic composition of Georgia 1970 . 2022-01-18 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
  10. Web site: Ethnic composition of Georgia 1979 . 2022-01-18 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
  11. Web site: Mosques have been granted the status of cultural heritage sites . 2012-03-31 . 2022-03-25 . Netgazeti . ka .