Akhaltsikhe Municipality
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'''Akhaltsikhe''' ({{lang-ka|ახალციხის მუნიციპალიტეტი}}, ''Akhaltsikhis munitsip’alit’et’i'' |
'''Akhaltsikhe''' ({{lang-ka|ახალციხის მუნიციპალიტეტი}}, ''Akhaltsikhis munitsip’alit’et’i'') is a municipality in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia's]] southern region of [[Samtskhe-Javakheti]]. Covering an area of {{convert|1010.4|km2|0|abbr=on}}. As of 2021 it had a [[Population (human biology)|population]] of 39,463 people. The city of [[Akhaltsikhe]] is its administrative centre. |
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==Population== |
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By the start of 2021 the population was determined at 39,463 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=2022-01-03 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en }} a slight increase compared to the 2014 census.{{refn|name="notecensus2014"|Combined figures of the 2014-2017 city municipality (kalaki) Akhalkalaki and the municipality of Akhalkalaki.}} The population of Akhaltsikhe city decreased slightly during the same period. The population density of the municipality is {{convert|39.6|pd/sqkm}}. |
By the start of 2021 the population was determined at 39,463 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=2022-01-03 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en }} a slight increase compared to the 2014 census.{{refn|name="notecensus2014"|Combined figures of the 2014-2017 city municipality (kalaki) Akhalkalaki and the municipality of Akhalkalaki.}} The population of Akhaltsikhe city decreased slightly during the same period. The population density of the municipality is {{convert|39.6|pd/sqkm}}. |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | access-date=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 | access-date=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| access-date=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.}} |
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In November 1944, the [[Meskhetian Turks]], a Turkic-speaking ethnic group of predominantly Muslim faith living in this area, [[Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks|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 | |
In November 1944, the [[Meskhetian Turks]], a Turkic-speaking ethnic group of predominantly Muslim faith living in this area, [[Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks|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 | access-date=2022-02-15 | date=2021-01-27 | work=Genocide Watch| language=en }} At that time, the Meskhetians constituted half of the population of the [[raion]] Akhaltsikhe (1939: 28,428 of the 55,490 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 | access-date=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 | access-date=2022-02-15 | date=2003-03-25 | work=Eurasianet | language=en }} |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of municipalities in Georgia (country)]] |
* [[List of municipalities in Georgia (country)]] |
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==External links== |
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* [https://www.akhaltsikhe.gov.ge/ Website Municipality] |
* [https://www.akhaltsikhe.gov.ge/ Website Municipality] |
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