Dmanisi Municipality#Politics
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Dmanisi Municipality
| native_name = დმანისის მუნიციპალიტეტი
| native_name_lang = geo
| image_skyline = დმანისის სიონი 02.jpg
| image_caption = Dmanisi historic site
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| image_flag = Flag of Dmanisi Municipality.svg
| flag_alt =
| image_seal = Dmanisi COA.svg
| seal_alt =
|image_map = GEO-KKL-DM.svg
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|coordinates =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{GEO}}
|subdivision_type1 = Mkhare
|subdivision_name1 = Kvemo Kartli
|subdivision_type2 = Administrative centre
|subdivision_name2 = Dmanisi
|government_footnotes =
|government_type = Mayor–Council
| governing_body = Dmanisi Municipal Assembly
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Koba Muradashvili (GD)
|area_total_km2 = 1198.8
|area_land_km2 =
|area_water_km2 =
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_total = 20,922
|population_metro =
|population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Population by ethnicity{{cite web |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm |title=Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014 |website=mashke.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104125931/http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm |archive-date=2018-11-04 |url-status=live}}
| demographics1_footnotes =
| 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 = +4
|timezone_DST =
|utc_offset_DST =
|website = {{URL|dmanisi.gov.ge}}
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Dmanisi ({{lang-ka|დმანისის მუნიციპალიტეტი}}, Dmanisis munitsip’alit’et’i) is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Kvemo Kartli, covering an area of {{convert|1198.8|km2|0|abbr=on}}. 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).{{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=328–332|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}}
Population
The population of Dmanisi Municipality is 20,922 according to the 2021 estimate,{{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=2022-03-06 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en }} 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.
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| colspan=19 | Population Dmanisi Municipality | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 1939 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2002 | 2014 | 2021 | |
| Dmanisi Municipality {{refn|name=name|Until 1947 district and city were called Bashkicheti.}}
| - || 33,975 || {{increase}} 34,174 || {{increase}} 43,785 || {{increase}} 44,075 || {{increase}} 52,208 || {{decrease}} 28,034 || {{decrease}} 19,141 || {{increase}} 20,922 | |||||||||
| Dmanisi {{refn|name=name}}
| 670 | {{increase}} 1,871 | {{increase}} 4,778 | {{decrease}} 4,076 | {{increase}} 4,530 | {{increase}} 8,650 | {{decrease}} 3,427 | {{decrease}} 2,661 | {{increase}} 2,920 | |
| 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=2022-03-06 | 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=2022-03-06 | work=Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR | language=en }}{{Cite web | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc1923.htm | title=Ethnic composition rural Georgia 1923 | accessdate=2022-03-06 | work=Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR | language=en }} 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=2022-03-06 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en }} "1. Introduction", Page 1.}} |
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.
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! style="background:#ccc" colspan="2" | Party ! style="background:#ccc" colspan="45" | Current Municipal Assembly | ||||||||||||||
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| style="text-align: right" | 27 | style="text-align: right" | 15 | 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" | 12 | 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 | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | style="background-color: #e4012e | | | ||||||||||||||
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| | style="text-align: right" | 1 | style="background-color: #f1592a" | | | ||||||||||||||
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| | style="text-align: right" | 2{{efn|Ramiz Ramazanovi - split from UNM.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-10 |title=გადავწყვიტე, დამოუკიდებელი დეპუტატი ვიყო — რამიზ რამაზანოვი |url=https://on.ge/story/95346-%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94-%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98-%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98-%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A7%E1%83%9D-%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%96-%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=On.ge |language=ka}}}} | style="background-color: lightgrey" | | style="background-color: lightgrey" | | | ||||||||||||||
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| style="text-align: right" | 3 | | | ||||||||||||||
| colspan=2 | Total
! align=right | 31 ! align=right | 30 ! colspan=45 | |
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Gallery
File:Dmanisi.jpg
File:Dmanisi (view from the south).jpg
File:Dmanisi Castle 05.jpg
See also
Explanatory notes
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References
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External links
{{commons category|Dmanisi Municipality}}
- [https://dmanisi.gov.ge/ Website Municipality]
{{Districts of Georgia}}
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{{Coord|41.3167|N|44.3500|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}
Category:Municipalities of Kvemo Kartli
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