Signagi Municipality

Signagi Municipality
სიღნაღის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Municipality
Town of Sighnaghi
Town of Sighnaghi
Flag of Signagi Municipality
Official seal of Signagi Municipality
Signagi Municipality
Signagi Municipality
Country Georgia
MkhareKakheti
capital citySignagi
Government
 • mayorMalkhaz Begiashvili [1]
Area
 • Total
1,252 km2 (483 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
29,948
 • Density23.93/km2 (62.0/sq mi)
Population by ethnicity[2]
 • Georgians97.44%
 • Armenians0.73%
 • Russians0.70%
 • Yazidis0.34%
 • Azerbaijanis0.33%
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time)
Websitehttp://www.signagi.gov.ge/en
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Sighnaghi (Georgian: სიღნაღის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is an administrative-territorial unit in eastern Georgia, Kakheti region. The municipality borders the municipalities of Gurjaani and Sagarejo to the northwest and west, the municipality of Dedoplistskaro to the southeast and the municipality of Lagodekhi and the Republic of Azerbaijan to the north and northeast. The area is 1251.7 km2. Agricultural fields occupy 93,375 ha, and forest resources amount to 5,500 ha.

  1. ^ "Მერი".
  2. ^ "Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014". Population statistics of Eastern Europe & former USSR (in Occitan). Retrieved 5 February 2021.