Samtskhe-Javakheti
| Samtskhe-Javakheti სამცხე-ჯავახეთის მხარე Samtskhe-Javakhetis mkhare |
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| Kintra |  Georgie |
| Seat | Akhaltsikhe |
| Subdiveesions | 6 regions |
| Govrenment | |
| - Govrenor | Lasha Chkadua |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 6,413 km2 (2,476.1 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2002) | |
| - Tot | 208,000 |
| - Densitie | 32.4/km2 (84/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | GE-SJ |
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. There are 5 municipalities, 6 tounlets, 67 community an veelage sakrebulos (assemblies), an 268 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 natural gas pipeline pass through this region.
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Expulsion o Meskhetian Turks frae Meshketi [edit]
Meskhetian Turks (or simply Meskhetians) are the umwhile Muslim inhabitants o Meskheti (nou known as Samtskhe) in Georgie, alang the border wi Turkey. Frae 15 November tae 25 November 1944, they 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 total o 10,000 perished.[1]
Population [edit]
The majority o the inhabitants is ethnically Armenie, wi lairge Georgie minority.[2] They speak Georgie, Armenie an Roushie.[3]
Politics [edit]
Accordin tae the 2002 census, ethnic Armenies (chiefly concentratit in Akhalkalaki an Ninotsminda districts), are the majority in the region, making up about 54% of the population.[4] They share the region wi Pontian Greeks, Osseties an Georgies. Currently, they are unnerrepresentit in aw spheres o public life, especially government. 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.[5] Lack o dialogue atween local Armenies an the naitional govrenment in Tbilisi adds tae perceptions o discrimination an alienation.[6] There hae been demonstrations, polis brutality an killins in this region.[7]
Tourist attractions [edit]
Twa 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). They are locatit near the toun o Aspindza.
See an aw [edit]
References [edit]
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2003/apr/05/guardianobituaries.usa as retrieved on 29 Apr 2008 20:59:44 GMT
- ↑ http://www.eurasianet.org/georgia/samtskhe/story.html
- ↑ http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/files/2009/1838/working_paper_25.pdf
- ↑ Statistics Georgia
- ↑ Georgia’s Armenian an Azeri Minorities, 22 November 2006 (free registration needed to view the full report)
- ↑ Reuters AlertNet - Georgia’s Armenian and Azeri Minorities
- ↑ Reuters Foundation; Alertnet, 22 Nov 2006, [Georgia’s Armenian and Azeri Minorities http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ICG/a839b86ed70730cc9b32cbd9a898fc90.htm]
Ither sources [edit]
Freemit airtins [edit]
- Friends at Dinner, Foes at Politics (about socio-economic problems of the region)
- Obstacles Impeding the Regional Integration of the Javalkheti Region, an ECMI working paper (PDF format)
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