Keda, Georgia

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Keda

| native_name = ქედა

| native_name_lang = geo

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Keda, Adjara, Georgia.jpg

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| map_caption = Location of Keda in Georgia

| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous Republic

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Adjara}}

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = File:Flag of Keda Municipality.svg Keda

| established_title = Town from

| established_date = 1966

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| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_total = 1,285

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| timezone = Georgian Time

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| coordinates = {{coord|41|35|52|N|41|56|33|E|region:GE|display=inline}}

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| elevation_m = 256

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| website = [http://keda.gov.ge/en/home keda.gov.ge]

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Keda ({{lang-ka|ქედა}} {{IPA|ka|kʰeda||}}) is an urban-type settlement (daba) in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, in southwestern Georgia, located {{convert|42|km|mi}} east of the regional capital Batumi. The town of 1,285 residents (2021){{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 | accessdate=2022-04-20 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en}} is the administrative centre of the Keda Municipality, and is located at the confluence of the Acharistsqali (literally 'river of Adjara') and Akavreta rivers, at an elevation of {{convert|256|m|ft}} above sea level.

The town has administrative, educational and health facilities, small businesses, and a museum of local history. Keda was a trading post in the 19th century. It was given the status of daba in 1966.{{cite book |author1=Dimitri Bakradze |year=1987 |title=არქეოლოგიური მოგზაურობა გურიასა და აჭარაში (Archaeological trip to Guria and Adjara) |page=49 |accessdate=2022-04-20 |url=https://evergreen.tsu.ge/eg/opac/record/15231 |language=ka |archive-date=2022-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101155629/https://evergreen.tsu.ge/eg/opac/record/15231 |url-status=dead }}

Population

At the beginning of 2021, Keda had a population of 1,285, a decrease of 15% since the 2014 census. According to the 2014 census, the town is almost entirely ethnic Georgian.{{Cite web | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm | title=Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014 | accessdate=2022-03-28 | work=Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR | language=en}}

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Year ! 1923	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2002	2014	2021
Population \| 124	{{increase}} 624	{{increase}} 627	{{decrease}} 595	{{increase}} 815	{{increase}} 1,197	{{increase}} 1,244	{{increase}} 1,510	{{decrease}} 1,285
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-cities.htm \| title=Population cities & towns of Georgia \| accessdate=2022-04-20 \| 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=2022-04-20 \| 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=2022-04-20 \| work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat \| language=en }} "1. Introduction", Page 1.}}

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Population

| 124

{{increase}} 624

{{increase}} 627

{{decrease}} 595

{{increase}} 815

{{increase}} 1,197

{{increase}} 1,244

{{increase}} 1,510

{{decrease}} 1,285

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-cities.htm | title=Population cities & towns of Georgia | accessdate=2022-04-20 | 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=2022-04-20 | 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=2022-04-20 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en }} "1. Introduction", Page 1.}}

Transport

Only one national route passes through Keda, the Sh1 Batumi–Akhaltsikhe, an important connection between Adjara and Samtskhe-Javakheti across the Goderdzi Pass. Keda is served by minibuses ({{Lang|ka-latn|marshutkas}}) from Batumi.

References

Category:Cities and towns in Adjara

Category:Batum oblast

Keda, Georgia

Population

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