Official Name: | Senaki Municipality |
Native Name: | სენაკის მუნიციპალიტეტი |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 280 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
Subdivision Type2: | Administrative centre |
Subdivision Name2: | Senaki |
Governing Body: | Senaki Municipal Assembly |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Vakhtang Gadelia (GD) |
Area Total Km2: | 520.7 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 39 652 |
Population Density Km2: | 76.15 |
Demographics Type1: | Population by ethnicity[1] |
Demographics1 Title1: | Georgians |
Demographics1 Info1: | 99,56 % |
Demographics1 Title2: | Russians |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0,15 % |
Demographics1 Title3: | Armenians |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0,10 % |
Demographics1 Title4: | Ukrainians |
Demographics1 Info4: | 0.06 % |
Demographics1 Title5: | Assyrians |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.06 % |
Timezone: | Georgian Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Website: | senaki.gov.ge |
Senaki (Georgian: სენაკის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Its main town is Senaki.
It has an area of 521 km2 and had a population of 39,652 as of the 2014 census.
Senaki Municipal Assembly (Georgian: სენაკის საკრებულო) is a representative body in Senaki Municipality, consisting of 33 members which is elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Vakhtang Gadelia of Georgian Dream was elected mayor through a 2nd round against a candidate of the United National Movement.
Senaki was one of just seven municipalities where ruling Georgian Dream lost its majority in the sakrebulo, five of which in Samegrelo.[2]
A protracted local political crisis ensued over the election of the chairperson of the sakrebulo, eventually resulting in a majoritarian UNM council member to abandon his mandate, and the central election commission calling for a by-election in one of the districts.[3] The election was boycotted by the opposition parties, resulting in the election of the Georgian Dream candidate with 96.7% on 1 October 2022,[4] at the expense of a (former) UNM seat, tilting the balance of political power in the sakrebulo
Party | 2017[5] | 2021[6] | Current Municipal Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United National Movement | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Georgia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alliance of Patriots | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | align=right | 33 | align=right | 33 |
Senaki municipality is administratively divided into one city, 14 communities (თემი, temi), and 61 villages (სოფელი, sopeli):[7]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Georgia (country).