Sagarejo ( ka, საგარეჯოს მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a municipality of
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, in the region of
Kakheti
Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...
. Its main town is
Sagarejo
Sagarejo ( ka, საგარეჯო) is a town in Kakheti, Georgia. It is situated east of Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, and has the population of 10,871 (2014 census). It serves as an administrative center of the Sagarejo district.
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Population: 51,761 (2014 census)
Area: 1491 km
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History
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In the 17th century, the reconstruction of Sagarejo, which was destroyed by Shah Abbas's expeditions, began with the efforts of
Onophre Machutadze, the leader of Gareja. At the beginning of the 20th century, 900 households lived in Sagarejo, most of them were Georgians and 70 households were Armenians. In 1929 it became the center of Gare Kakheti district, which in 1933 was renamed by Sagarejo district. Since 2006 – municipality.
Administrative divisions and population
Sagarejo Municipality is a group of settlements that have administrative boundaries and an administrative center – the city of Sagarejo. Municipality has an elected representative Assembly (Sakrebulo) and an executive body (City Hall), a registered population, own property, budget, and revenues. The municipality is a legal entity of public law.
According to the National Statistics Office of Georgia, the population of Sagarejo Municipality as of 1 January 2021, is 52.3 thousand people. 10.5 thousand people live in urban areas and 41.8 thousand people in rural areas.
Sagarejo Municipality consists of 25 administrative units and 48 settlements.
# Administrative unit City of
Sagarejo
Sagarejo ( ka, საგარეჯო) is a town in Kakheti, Georgia. It is situated east of Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, and has the population of 10,871 (2014 census). It serves as an administrative center of the Sagarejo district.
The town is ...
# Administrative unit of
Badiauri
# Administrative unit of
Didi Chailuri
# Administrative unit of
Duzagrama (including Paldo, Tsitsmatiani)
# Administrative unit of
Giorgitsminda (including Antoki, Mariamjvari, Kvemo Samgori)
# Administrative unit of
Gombori (including Rusiani, Verona, Vashliani, Askilauri)
# Administrative unit of
Iormughanlo (including Mughanlo, Keshalo)
# Administrative unit of
Kakabeti
# Administrative unit of Kandaura (including Kvemo Kandaura, Zemo Kandaura)
# Administrative unit of
Khashmi
# Administrative unit of
Kochbaani (including Otarani, Sasadilo, Gorana, Botko, Khinchebi, Ikvlivgorana)
# Administrative unit of
Lambalo (including Zemo Lambalo, Kvemo Lambalo)
# Administrative unit of
Manavi
Manavi ( ka, მანავი) is a village in the Georgian province of Kakheti. It is famous for its yellowish green wine, Manavis Mtsvane. In Georgia, wine drinking is central to the culture and is especially recommended for long celebrations. ...
(including Zemo Burdiani)
# Administrative unit of
Mzisguli
# Administrative unit of
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 unit of
Patara Chailuri Patara may refer to the following places and jurisdictions:
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# Administrative unit of
Patardzeuli
Patardzeuli ( ka, პატარძეული), is a village in Eastern Georgia, in Sagarejo District, of Kakheti Region, located about 50 kilometers from Tbilisi, the capital.
It was known in the past mainly because was the home-town of the G ...
# Administrative unit of
Sataphle
# Administrative unit of
Shibliani
# Administrative unit of
Tokhliauri
# Administrative unit of
Tskarostavi
# Administrative unit of Tulari (including Kazlari)
# Administrative unit of
Udabno
# Administrative unit of
Ujarma
# Administrative unit of
Verkhviani
Geography
![Manavi fortress](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Manavi_fortress.jpg)
The territory of Sagarejo municipality is diverse from a geomorphological point of view. The southern part of the municipality is located on a flat-hilly plateau, built of Neogene and Quaternary sediments. Geologically it consists of monocline heights and syncline basins. Dry valleys, ravines, gorges, and also terraces are built on the upper terrain.
Education
There are 26 public schools in Sagarejo Municipality, 4 of them are located in Sagarejo.
There are 3 non-governmental (private) educational institutions on the territory of the municipality. Tamar Garejeli and Patardzeuli Georgian-French School-Lyceum teach at the secondary level of the school, whereas
Ilia Chavchavadze
Prince Ilia Chavchavadze ( ka, ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 8 November 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgian public figure, journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the ...
Sagarejo High Education Institution has Secondary and Vocational Education Programs.
There are 26 nursery schools on the territory of Sagarejo Municipality, as well as Sagarejo Student-Youth House and Georgian Language Learning Center in the village of Duzagrama.
Jemal Burjanadze Music School operates in Sagarejo.
Culture
There is a
Puppet Theater
A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. The puppeteer uses movements of their hands, arms, or control devices such as rods or strings to mov ...
in Sagarejo Municipality. It was founded in 1956 under the leadership of
Ilia Buziashvili. Up to twenty plays have been staged in the theater by generations of amateur actors for 40 years.
Sagarejo Puppet Theater became a laureate of festivals organized by the Georgian State Folklore Center in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2014. It is a winner of various nominations. In 1999 it was awarded the honorary title of People's Theater.
Festivals and public holidays
Sport
There are three sports schools in Sagarejo Municipality, where teenagers train in 9 sports: Georgian wrestling, sambo, judo, freestyle wrestling, football, rugby, chess, athletics, and swimming. There are 10 wrestling halls, 10 mini and one standard sports field in Sagarejo Municipality. There are three recreational zones, a swimming pool, and tennis courts.
"Gareji 1960" football club operates in Sagarejo municipality. It was established in 1960. A professional sports team competes in the
National League
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Economy
Viticulture and wine production are the main fields of agriculture in Sagarejo Municipality. There are micro-zones in the municipality, where well-known wines of the place of origin such as Manavi Mtsvane and Khashmi Saperavi are traditionally produced.
The leading branches of the economy in Sagarejo municipality are production of wheat flour, wine, chicken/eggs, tobacco, and bricks.
Historical landmarks and sightseeing
Mariamjvari State Nature Reserve is located on the southern slopes of Gombori, in Sagarejo municipality. Its total area amounts to 1040 ha. It was founded in 1935 to maintain untouched landscapes of relict-sosnovski pine (Pinus Sosnowsky Nakai) of the Caucasus. Most of the reserve area is covered with forest. Hornbeams, oriental hornbeams, oaks, beeches, maples, and the grey poplars grow here.
David Gareja
David Gareja ( ka, დავითგარეჯის სამონასტრო კომპლექსი) is a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church, Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Easte ...
– one of the most prominent religious and cultural centers of feudal Georgia, a complex of monastic caves. It is located on the territory of Sagarejo municipality, 60–70 km south-east of Tbilisi, in Gareji valley. The small part of the monastery complex (Bertubani) is located on the territory of Azerbaijan. Udabno and Chichkhituri monasteries are disputed between Azerbaijan and Georgia. The complex was founded in the first half of the 6th century by one of the Assyrian fathers, David.
Ninotsminda Monastery – a fenced monastery complex – a temple, a four-story brick bell tower (16th century), a two-story palace of Metropolitan Saba Tusishvili (1774–1777) and the remnants of the other buildings are located in Ninotsminda.
Manavi Fortress
Manavi ( ka, მანავი) is a village in the Georgian province of Kakheti. It is famous for its yellowish green wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and conve ...
– a fortress in Gare Kakheti is located near the village of Manavi in Sagarejo Municipality, on a high mountain. Here was one of the centers of the last period of feudal Kakheti. The old layer of the castle dates back to the 10th-11th centuries, and the new one to the 16th-18th centuries.
Patara Chailuri Castle-Tower – an architectural monument is located south of the village of Patara Chailuri, Sagarejo Municipality. It belongs to the middle years of the 17th century. It is severely damaged. Only the east and north walls are preserved.
Niakhuri Fortress – a fortress on the hill to the right of the Sagarejo-Gurjaani Highway, south of the villages of Patara Chailuri and Didi Chailuri. It belongs to the period of the 17th-18th centuries.
Ujarma fortress
Ujarma () is a medieval fortress-town at the Outer Kakheti region, in the municipality of Sagarejo Municipality, Georgia. It is located on the right bank of the river Iori, on the Tbilisi — Telavi road, 4 km (2.48 mi) north of Ujarma village ...
– Ujarma – a historic fortress-town in Georgia is located 4 km north of the village of Ujarma in Sagarejo Municipality, near Gombori Pass. The period of the construction of Ujarma is considered to be the period of the reign of King Asphagur in 3rd-4th centuries. Vakhtang Gorgasali and Dachi took care of its decoration and strengthening. In the 4th-8th centuries Ujarma played an important role in the history of the country.
Sagarejo Museum of Local Lore – the Historical Museum was founded in 1958. The museum houses 7050 exhibits. The museum preserves archeological excavations and some accidental findings in the territory of the Kakheti region including household and ethnographic materials, works of applied art from the Late Bronze Age to the Middle Ages.
Giorgi (Gogla) Leonidze House-Museum – House-Museum of Georgian Poet, Writer and Public Figure in the village of Patardzeuli, Sagarejo Municipality. It was built by Giorgi Leonidze's father, Nikoloz, who was sent to the church of St. Shio as a priest in the 1860s.
Ketevan Dokhturashvili Rural History Museum – The historical museum is located in the village of Patardzeuli, Sagarejo Municipality. The museum has been operating since 2007. The museum preserves archeological, ethnographic, numismatic, notaphily samples, photos, and research materials.
Notable people
Twin towns
* Širvintos
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See also
* List of municipalities in Georgia (country)
A municipality ( ka, მუნიციპალიტეტი, tr) is a subdivision of Georgia (country), Georgia, consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements (Community (administrative division), community, თემი, ''temi''), wh ...
References
External links
Districts of Georgia
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Municipalities of Kakheti