Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (Georgian: სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი) is a region (Mkhare) in western Georgia with a population of 308,358 (2021[3]) and a surface of 7,468 km2 (2,883 sq mi).[2] The region has Zugdidi as its administrative center, while Giorgi Guguchia is governor of the region since June 2021.[5][6] Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti is compiled of the historical Georgian provinces of Samegrelo Mingrelia and Zemo Svaneti (i.e., Upper Svaneti).

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი
Mkhare (region)
Country Georgia
CapitalZugdidi
Subdivisions1 city, 8 municipalities[1]
Government
 • GovernorGiorgi Guguchia (2 juni 2021)
Area
[2]
 • Total7,468 km2 (2,883 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total308,358[3]
ISO 3166 codeGE-SZ
HDI (2017)0.757[4]
high · 5th

Subdivisions

The region has one self governing city (Poti) and 8 municipalities with 143 administrative communities (temi),[2] totalling to 531 populated settlements:

Map Municipality
City of Poti
Abasha Municipality
Zugdidi Municipality
Martvili Municipality
Mestia Municipality
Senaki Municipality
Chkhorotsku Municipality
Tsalenjikha Municipality
Khobi Municipality

Geography

Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti is traversed by two sections of the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

Demographic
Population development of the region Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti[7]
19591970197919892002*2002**20142021
Abasha Municipality30,286 30,416 29,246 28,219 28,707- 22,341 19,560
Khobi Municipality31,280 37,653 38,092 38,939 41,240- 30,548 27,806
Martvili Municipality47,777 49,167 47,797 46,009 44,627- 33,463 31,495
Mestia Municipality16,311 17,801 17,442 14,776 14,248- 9,316 9,447
City of Poti48,117 45,979 48,508 50,922 47,149- 41,465 41,536
Senaki Municipality47,553 50,336 50,774 52,681 52,112- 39,652 34,315
Tsalenjikha Municipality29,019 37,813 39,477 38,643 40,133- 26,158 23,296
Chkhorotsku Municipality27,647 30,784 31,404 29,840 30,124- 22,309 21,361
Zugdidi Municipality96,643 112,241 120,217 125,444 167,760- 105,509 99,542
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti374,633 412,190 422,957 425,473466,100 416,349 330,761 308,358
* Research after 2014 census showed the 2002 census was inflated by 8-9 percent.[8]
**Corrected data based on retro-projection 1994-2014 in collaboration with UN[9]

Ethnic groups

According to the Georgian census of 2014,[2] 99.37% of the population is Georgian and 0.35% is Russian. Other ethnic groups living in the region include Ukrainians, Armenians, Abkhazians and Greeks.

Languages

Georgian is spoken by the entire population of the region and by the ethnic minorities like Russians and others. Mingrelian is a Kartvelian language spoken by the Mingrels, a sub-group of Georgian people and native to Mingrelia. Svan is also a Kartvelian language, spoken by the Svans, a sub-group of Georgian people native to Svaneti.

Religion

About 99% of the population identifies as Orthodox Christians. A little minority of Armenian Christians and Roman Catholics also exist.

See also

References
  1. "Regions and muncipalities of Georgia" (in Georgian). Georgian Government. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  2. "Main Results of the 2014 Census (Publication)" (PDF). Census.ge, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) (in Georgian). 2016-04-28. p. 229. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  3. "Population and Demography - Population as of 1 January by regions and urban-rural settlements". Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  4. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  5. "Giorgi Guguchia Appointed Governor of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti". Georgia Today. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  6. "State Representative of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti". Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti website (in Georgian). 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  7. "Divisions of Georgia". Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  8. "Population Dynamics in Georgia - An Overview Based on the 2014 General Population Census Data" (PDF). National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat. 2017-11-29. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  9. "Retro-projection of main demographic indicators for the period 1994-2014". National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat. 2018-05-18. pp. 3, Table 1. Retrieved 2022-02-04.

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