Adigeni Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Adigeni Municipality
| native_name = ადიგენის მუნიციპალიტეტი
| native_name_lang = geo
| image_skyline = Abastumani (აბასთუმანი) (1).jpg
|image_caption = Abastumani
|imagesize = 280
| image_flag = Flag_of_Adigeni_Municipality.svg
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| image_seal = Adigeni_COA.jpg
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|image_map = GEO-SJ-AD.svg
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{GEO}}
|subdivision_type1 = Mkhare
|subdivision_name1 = Samtskhe-Javakheti
|subdivision_type2 = Capital
|subdivision_name2 = Adigeni
|government_type = Mayor–Council
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Gocha Qimadze (GD)
|leader_title2 = Municipal Assembly
|leader_name2 = {{Collapsible list
|title = 33 members
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|1 =• Georgian Dream (24)
|2 =• UNM (9)
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|area_total_km2 = 799.5
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|population_as_of = 2021
|population_total = 16,092
|population_metro =
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone = Georgian Time
|utc_offset = +4
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|website = [https://adigeni.ge/ adigeni.ge]
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Adigeni ({{lang-ka|ადიგენის მუნიციპალიტეტი}}) is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Covering an area of about {{convert|799.5|km²|0|abbr=on}}. As of 2021 it had a population of 16,092 people.{{Cite web | url=https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/41/population | title=Population and Demography - Population by cities and boroughs (daba), as of 1 January | date=2021-01-01 | access-date=2022-02-14 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en }} The borough (daba) Adigeni is its administrative centre.
Administrative divisions
Adigeni municipality is administratively divided into two boroughs (Adigeni and Abastumani), 18 communities (თემი, temi), and 55 villages (სოფელი, sopeli).{{cite web|title=Main Results of the 2014 Census (Publication)|url=http://census.ge/files/pdf/2014-wlis-aRweris-ZiriTadi-Sedegebi.pdf|work=Census.ge, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat)|pages=285–289|format=pdf|date=2016-04-28|access-date=2022-01-19|language=ka|archive-date=2020-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213232229/http://census.ge/files/pdf/2014-wlis-aRweris-ZiriTadi-Sedegebi.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Politics
Adigeni Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ადიგენის საკრებულო) is the representative body in Adigeni Municipality, consisting of 33 members which is elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Gocha Qimadze of Georgian Dream was elected mayor and the ruling Georgian Dream remained a dominant force in Adigeni.
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! style="background:#ccc" colspan="2" | Party ! style="background:#ccc" | 2017{{Cite web |title=Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2017 |url=https://cesko.ge/res/docs/danOK47.pdf |access-date=2021-01-06 |publisher=CESKO Central Election Commission |pages=42–43 |language=ka}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} ! colspan="42" style="background:#ccc" | Current Municipal Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| style="text-align: right" | 23 | style="text-align: right" | 21 | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | style="background-color: #2044bc | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| style="text-align: right" | 1 | style="text-align: right" | 9 | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| style="text-align: right" | | style="text-align: right" | 3{{efn|Split from Georgian Dream.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-13 |title="ოცნება" დეპუტატებმა კიდევ 3 საკრებულოში დატოვეს |url=https://netgazeti.ge/news/620832/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312180149/https://netgazeti.ge/news/620832/ |archive-date=2023-03-12 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Netgazeti |language=ka}}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title='ხალხის ძალას' სამცხე-ჯავხეთიდან 'ოცნების' 10–მდე დეპუტატი შეუერთდა |url=https://sknews.ge/ka/news/37705 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227175029/https://sknews.ge/ka/news/37705 |archive-date=2023-02-27 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=sknews.ge |language=ka}}}} | style="background-color: #8e1922 | | style="background-color: #8e1922 | | style="background-color: #8e1922 | | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| colspan=2 | Total
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Population
By the start of 2021 the population was determined at 16,092 people, a slight decrease compared to the 2014 census. The population density of the municipality is {{convert|20.1|pd/sqkm}}.
The population of Adigeni is practically monoethnic Georgian. By far the largest ethnic minority are the Armenians (almost 400, 2.2%) who mainly live in Abastumani and make up 18% of the population there. Other minorities are several dozen Russians and a few Azerbaijanis, Ossetes, Ukrainians, Abkhazians and Pontic Greeks. Furthermore, 67.7% of the population consists of followers of the Georgian Orthodox Church and 20.1% is Muslim. Another large group by Georgian standards are the Catholics (10%). Furthermore, there are small numbers of followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church and Jehovah's Witnesses.
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| colspan=19 | Population Adigeni Municipality | ||||||||||
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| 1886 | 1923 | 1939 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2002 | 2014 | 2021 | |
| Adigeni Municipality
| 17,983 || - || {{increase}} 41,314 || {{decrease}} 19,593 || {{increase}} 20,272 || {{increase}} 20,278 || {{increase}} 21,284 || {{decrease}} 20,752 || {{decrease}} 16,462 || {{decrease}} 16,092 | ||||||||||
| Adigeni daba
| - | - | 656 | {{increase}} 1,200 | {{decrease}} 859 | {{increase}} 981 | {{increase}} 1,309 | {{decrease}} 980 | {{decrease}} 783 | {{increase}} 975 | |
| Abastumani daba
| - | 1,244 | {{increase}} 3,001 | {{increase}} 3,521 | {{decrease}} 3,253 | {{decrease}} 2,935 | {{decrease}} 2,564 | {{decrease}} 1,368 | {{decrease}} 937 | {{decrease}} 723 | |
| colspan=15 class="wikitable" style="align:left;text-align:left;background-color:#eaecf0"|Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.{{Cite web | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-division.htm | title=Population divisions of Georgia | accessdate=2022-01-18 | work=Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR | language=en }}{{Cite web | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-cities.htm | title=Population cities & towns of Georgia | accessdate=2022-01-18 | work=Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR | language=en }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rngeorgia.html | title=1939 census| accessdate=2022-02-23 | work=Ethno Kavkaz | language=ru }} Note:{{refn|name="notecensus2002"|The 2014 census found an inexplicable gap with the data from the national statistical office Geostat. UN-assisted research has found the 2002 census was inflated by about 8-9 percent. See,{{Cite web | url=https://geostat.ge/media/20624/3.-Population-Dynamics_ENGL-_print_F.pdf | title=Population Dynamics in Georgia - An Overview Based on the 2014 General Population Census Data | date=2017-11-29 | access-date=2022-01-01 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en }} "1. Introduction", Page 1.}} |
In November 1944, the Meskhetian Turks, a Turkish-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.{{Cite web | url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e12da80318594a9ab12c23f602ce261c | title=From Exile to Exile: The Perpetual Deportation of the Ahıska Turks | accessdate=2022-02-15 | date=2021-01-27 | work=Genocide Watch| language=en }} At that time, the Meskhetians constituted three quarters of the population of the rajon Adigeni (1939: 32,923 of the 41,314 inhabitants). Attempts to return them to independent Georgia have failed, with local resistance.{{Cite web | url=https://eurasianet.org/meskhetian-turks-return-to-lost-homeland-in-georgia | title=Meskhetian Turks Return to Lost Homeland in Georgia | accessdate=2022-02-15 | date=2009-10-09 | work=Eurasianet | language=en }}{{Cite web | url=https://eurasianet.org/meskhetian-turks-still-struggling-to-return-to-their-homeland-0 | title=Meskhetian Turks: Still Struggling to Return to Their Homeland | accessdate=2022-02-15 | date=2003-03-25 | work=Eurasianet | language=en }}
See also
External links
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- [https://adigeni.ge/ Website Municipality]
Explanatory notes
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References
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{{Districts of Georgia}}
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