Zugdidi Municipality
Municipality in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zugdidi (Georgian: ზუგდიდის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a Municipality of Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Zugdidi Municipality is located in the central part of western Georgia, and has an area of 692 square kilometres (267 sq mi). Its western border follows the Black Sea coast (Ganmukhuri, Anaklia), the administrative strip of Abkhazia (Gali district) in the northwest, Tsalenjikha Municipality in the north and northeast, and it borders Chkhorotsqu Municipality and Khobi Municipality to the south. Zugdidi is the administrative center of both Zugdidi Municipality and Samegrelo Zemo-Svaneti region. Between 2014 and 2017 the city of Zugdidi was separated from the municipality and was a so-called "self-governed" city (or kalaki), but this administrative and governance reform was deemed too inefficient and expensive.[5]
Zugdidi Municipality | |
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Country | Georgia |
Region | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti |
Administrative centre | Zugdidi |
Government | |
• Body | Zugdidi Municipal Assembly |
• Mayor | Mamuka Tsotseria (GD)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 692 km2 (267 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 99,542 |
• Density | 143.8/km2 (372/sq mi) |
Population by ethnicity[4] | |
• Georgians | 99.6% |
• Russians | 0.2% |
Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time) |
Website | http://zugdidi.mun.gov.ge/ge |