Samtskhe-Javakheti
Samtskhe-Javakheti (Georgie: სამცხე-ჯავახეთი) (formerly Meskheti) is a region in soothren Georgie, wi Akhaltsikhe as its caipital. Samtskhe-Javakheti comprises sax admeenistrative destricts: Akhaltsikhe, Adigeni, Aspindza, Borjomi, Akhalkalaki an Ninotsminda. Thare are 5 cities, 7 tounlets, 67 community an veelage sakrebulos (assemblies), an 258 veelages in the region. It is bordered bi Guria an Imereti tae the north, Kartli (Shida Kartli an Kvemo Kartli) tae the north-east an tae the east, Armenie an Turkey tae the sooth an Ajara tae the wast. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan ile pipeline an the Sooth Caucasus naitural gas pipeline pass throu this region.
Samtskhe-Javakheti სამცხე-ჯავახეთის მხარე Samtskhe-Javakhetis mkhare | |
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| Kintra |  Georgie |
| Seat | Akhaltsikhe |
| Subdiveesions | 6 regions |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Besik Amiranashvili |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6413 km2 (2,476 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 160,504 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| ISO 3166 code | GE-SJ |
Population
eeditAccordin tae the 2014 census, ethnic Armenies (chiefly concentratit in Akhalkalaki an Ninotsminda districts), are the majority in the region, makin up aboot 50,5% o the population.[1] Thay share the region wi Georgies 48,3%, Pontian Greeks an Osseties. Currently, thay are unnerrepresentit in aw spheres o public life, especially govrenment. Anerlie three o the govrenor’s 26 staff members are Armenie (11 per cent). The same is true for the territorial depairtments o the various meenistries. For instance, anerlie saxteen o 82 staff members (19.5 per cent) o the tax depairtment in Samtskhe-Javakheti are Armenie.[2] Lack o dialogue atween local Armenies an the naitional govrenment in Tbilisi adds tae perceptions o discrimination an alienation.[3] Thare hae been demonstrations, polis brutality an killins in this region.[4]
Expulsion o Meskhetian Turks frae Meshketi
eeditMeskhetian Turks (or simply Meskhetians) are the umwhile Muslim indwallers o Meskheti (nou kent as Samtskhe) in Georgie, alang the border wi Turkey. Frae 15 November tae 25 November 1944, thay wur deportit in cattle-trucks tae Central Asie bi the order o Stalin an settled athin an aurie that owerlaps the bundaries o the modren naitions o Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, an Uzbekistan. The day, mony are still dispersed athort those kintras. O the 100,000 forcibly deportit, a tot o 10,000 perished.[5]
Tourist attractions
eeditTwa o the major tourist attractions are the cave monasteries o Vardzia (which wis foondit bi Queen Tamar in 1185) an Vanis Kvabebi (which dates frae the 8t century). Thay are locatit near the toun o Aspindza.
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ georgia-ethnic-2014
- ↑ Georgia’s Armenian an Azeri Minorities Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine, 22 November 2006 (free registration needed to view the full report)
- ↑ "Reuters AlertNet - Georgia's Armenian and Azeri Minorities". Archived frae the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 14 Januar 2012.
- ↑ Reuters Foundation; Alertnet, 22 Nov 2006, [Georgia’s Armenian and Azeri Minorities http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ICG/a839b86ed70730cc9b32cbd9a898fc90.htm Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine]
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2003/apr/05/guardianobituaries.usa as retrieved on 29 Apr 2008 20:59:44 GMT
Ither sources
eedit- Crisis Group Report Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ICG Report Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
Freemit airtins
eedit- Friends at Dinner, Foes at Politics (aboot socio-economic problems o the region)
- Obstacles Impeding the Regional Integration of the Javalkheti Region Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine, an ECMI wirkin paper (PDF format)
Coordinates: 41°35′N 43°16′E / 41.583°N 43.267°E