Ninotsminda Municipality
ნინოწმინდის მუნიციპალიტეტი | |
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Mkhare | Samtskhe-Javakheti |
Capital | Ninotsminda |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–Council |
• Mayor | Anivard Mosoian (GD) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,354 km2 (523 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 18,944 |
• Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
Ninotsminda (Georgian: ნინოწმინდის მუნიციპალიტეტი, Ninots’mindis munitsip’alit’et’i) is a municipality in southern Georgia, in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti with an area of 1,354 km2 (523 sq mi) and a population of 18,944 (2021[1]). Its main town and administrative center is Ninotsminda, which was granted the status of a city in 1983. Until 1917, the territory of the district was included in Akhalkalaki Mazra of Tbilisi (Georgia) and between 1917 and 1930 in Akhalkalaki Mazra. It has been a separate district since 1930, under the name Bogdanovka. In 1991 it received the name Ninotsminda. 95% of the inhabitants in Ninotsminda are of Armenian descent, the highest amount in a Georgian municipality.