Ninotsminda Municipality

Ninotsminda Municipality
ნინოწმინდის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Paravani Lake
Paravani Lake
Flag of Ninotsminda Municipality
Flag
Official seal of Ninotsminda Municipality
Seal
Country Georgia
MkhareSamtskhe-Javakheti
CapitalNinotsminda
Government
 • TypeMayor–Council
 • MayorAnivard Mosoian (GD)
Area
 • Total
1,354 km2 (523 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
18,944
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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.

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