Mtskheta-Mtianeti

{{Short description|Region (mkhare) of Georgia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Mtskheta-Mtianeti

| native_name = მცხეთა-მთიანეთი

| native_name_lang = ka

| settlement_type = Mkhare (region)

| image_skyline = {{multiple image

| border = infobox

| perrow = 1/2/2/2/2

| total_width = 250

| image1 = Kazbek 2017.jpg

| image2 = Gergeti Trinity Church.jpg

| image3 = Chaukhi Mountain & Tina Lake, Juta Valley, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia.jpg

| image4 = 2019 - Pshav-Khevsureti National Park - Horse on the Khidotani ridge.jpg

| image5 = Mtskheta, Georgia.jpg

| footer = From the top to bottom-right: Kazbegi National Park, Gergeti Trinity Church, Lake Tina in Juta Valley, Pshav-Khevsureti National Park, Mtskheta}}

| image_caption =

| image_map = Mtskheta-Mtianeti in Georgia (disputed hatched).svg

| map_caption = Overlapping borders of de jure Mtskheta-Mtianeti region and de facto South Ossetia{{refn|name=a|group=nt|{{South Ossetia-note}}}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{GEO}}

| seat = Mtskheta

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = para

| p1 = 5 Municipalities{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=419|title=Regions and municipalities of Georgia |publisher=Georgian Government|language=ka|access-date=2022-02-04}}

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Davit Nozadze{{Cite web|url=https://netgazeti.ge/news/298934/|title=7 ახალი გუბერნატორიდან ყველა კაცია|website=NETGAZETI.ge}}

| area_total_km2 = 5,606

| area_footnotes = Nominal area 6,785 km², de facto controlled by Georgia 5,606 km².

| population_total = 93389

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www.geostat.ge/en/modules/categories/41/population|title=Population and Demography - Population by cities and boroughs as of 1 January|publisher=National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat)|language=en|access-date=2021-11-26}}

| iso_code = GE-MM

| blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2021)

| blank_info_sec1 = 0.745{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}
{{color|#0c0|high}} · 10th

| website = {{URL|http://www.mtskheta-mtianeti.gov.ge}}

| demographics_type1 = Gross Regional Product

| demographics1_footnotes = {{Cite web|title=Regional Gross Domestic Product|url=https://www.geostat.ge/media/59471/Regional-Gross-Domestic-Product%2C--2022.pdf}}

| demographics1_title1 = Total

| demographics1_info1 = 1.63 billion (2022)

| demographics1_title2 = Per Capita

| demographics1_info2 = 17,720 (2022)

}}

Mtskheta-Mtianeti ({{lang-ka|მცხეთა-მთიანეთი}}, literally "Mtskheta-Mountain Area") is a region (Mkhare) in eastern Georgia comprising the town of Mtskheta, which serves as a regional capital, together with its district and the adjoining mountainous areas. The western part of the region, namely the entire Akhalgori Municipality, is controlled by breakaway South Ossetia{{refn|name=a|group=nt|{{South Ossetia-note}}}} since the 2008 Russo-Georgian War.

Administrative divisions

The Mtskheta-Mtianeti region officially comprises five municipalities, yet only four are effectively under Georgian authority:

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!Municipality

!Pop. (2021)

!Town/Village

!Pop. (2021)

align="center" |Akhalgori{{refn|name=b|group=nt|With the formation of mkhare (regions) in 1995, Akhalgori was officially classified as part of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region. Since the 2008 Russo-Georgian War the Georgian central government lost effective controle over Akhalgori.}}

| align="center" |3,665 {{Cite web|url=https://ugosstat.ru/statisticheskij-sbornik-za-2020-g/|title=Statistical compilation for 2020|date=24 March 2021 |publisher=Department of State Statistics of the Republic of South Ossetia|language=ru|access-date=2021-11-26}}

| align="center" |Akhalgori

| align="center" |1,033 (2015 {{Cite web|url=https://ugosstat.ru/itogi-vseobshhey-perepisi-naseleniya-respubliki-yuzhnaya-osetiya-2015-goda/|title=Results of the general population census of RSO 2015|date=20 December 2016 |publisher=Department of State Statistics of the Republic of South Ossetia|language=ru|access-date=2021-11-26}})

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| align="center" |Dusheti

| align="center" |26,328

| align="center" |Dusheti

| align="center" |6,864

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| align="center" |Kazbegi

| align="center" |3,781

| align="center" |Stepantsminda

| align="center" |1,443

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| align="center" |Mtskheta

| align="center" |53,006

| align="center" |Mtskheta

| align="center" |7,606

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| align="center" |Tianeti

| align="center" |10,274

| align="center" |Tianeti

| align="center" |3,084

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| colspan=4 class="wikitable" style="align:left;text-align:left;background-color:#eaecf0" | Source: Geostat

See also

Notes

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References

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