Akhalkalaki ( ka, ახალქალაქის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Akhalkalakis munitsip’alit’et’i'') is a municipality in southern Georgia, in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti with a population of 41,026 (2021). Its main town and administrative center is

Akhalkalaki Akhalkalaki ( ka, ახალქალაქი, tr; hy, Ախալքալաք / Նոր-Քաղաք, translit=Axalk’alak’ / Nor-K’aġak’) is a town in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe–Javakheti and the administrative centre of the Ak ...

and it has an area of . 93% of the inhabitants in Akhalkalaki are of Armenian descent, the second highest amount in a Georgian municipality after

Ninotsminda Ninotsminda (Georgian: ნინოწმინდა ; Armenian: Նինոծմինդա) is a town and a center of the eponymous municipality located in Georgia's southern district of Samtskhe-Javakheti. According to the 2014 census the town h ...

Administrative divisions

Akhalkalaki municipality is administratively divided into one city (the municipal centre

) and 21 communities (თემი, temi) with 64 villages (სოფელი, sopeli).

Politics

Akhalkalaki Municipal Assembly (

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

: ახალქალაქის საკრებულო, ''Akhalkalaki Sakrebulo'') is the representative body in Akhalkalaki Municipality, consisting of 42 members which are elected every four years. The last election was held in

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. Melqon Makarian of Georgian Dream was elected mayor.

Population

By the start of 2021 the population was determined at 41,026 people, a decrease of 9% compared to the 2014 census. The population of the city of Akhalkalaki decreased with 6% during the same period. The population density of the municipality is . The vast majority (93%) of the population of Akhalkalaki are

Armenians Armenians ( hy, հայեր, ''hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora ...

, which makes Akhalkalaki the 2nd most Armenian populated Georgian municipality, after its neighbour Nonotsminda. The remaining 7% are nearly exclusively Georgians. There are a few dozen

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and

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. In terms of religion, 79% of the population consists of followers of the

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, followed by

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(12%) and

Georgian Orthodox Church The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...

(6%). Furthermore, there are small numbers of

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and

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External links

Website Akhalkalaki Municipality

References

Municipalities of Samtskhe–Javakheti {{georgia-geo-stub

Administrative divisions

Politics

Population

See also

External links

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