Javakheti
Sign in to saveJavakheti ( ) or Javakhk (, Javakhk)'''' is a historical province in southern Georgia, corresponding to the modern municipalities of Akhalkalaki, Aspindza (partly), Ninotsminda, and partly to the Turkey's Ardahan Province. Historically, Javakheti's borders were defined by the Kura River (Mtkvari) to the west, and the Shavsheti, Samsari and Nialiskuri mountains to the north, south and east, respectively. The principal economic activities in this region are subsistence agriculture, particularly potatoes and raising livestock.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Javakheti
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historical region
- Settlement.image_map
- Part of Historical Javakheti in modern international borders of Georgia.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map highlighting the historical region of Javakheti in Georgia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.seat_type
- Largest city
- Settlement.seat
- Akhalkalaki
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2588
- Settlement.elevation_footnotes
- (highest point: Didi Abuli)
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 3300
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 69,561
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.footnotes
- Javakheti is not an official subdivision of the Georgia; it constitutes a historical region only.
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Russian Empire
- Brief independence
- Soviet era
- Modern Georgia
- Current situation
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Javakheti ( ) or Javakhk (, Javakhk)'''' is a historical province in southern Georgia, corresponding to the modern municipalities of Akhalkalaki, Aspindza (partly), Ninotsminda, and partly to the Turkey's Ardahan Province. Historically, Javakheti's borders were defined by the Kura River (Mtkvari) to the west, and the Shavsheti, Samsari and Nialiskuri mountains to the north, south and east, respectively. The principal economic activities in this region are subsistence agriculture, particularly potatoes and raising livestock.
In 1995, the Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda districts, comprising the historical territory of Javakheti, were merged with the neighboring land of Samtskhe to form a new administrative region, Samtskhe–Javakheti. As of January 2020, the total population of Samtskhe–Javakheti is 152,100 individuals. Armenians comprise the majority of Javakheti's population. According to the 2014 Georgian census, 93% (41,870) of the inhabitants in Akhalkalaki Municipality and 95% (23,262) in Ninotsminda Municipality were Armenians, with only tiny numbers of ethnic Georgians and Caucasus Greeks remaining.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Javakheti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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