Akhalgori Municipality

Akhalgori Municipality ახალგორის მუნიციპალიტეტი
District
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Akhalgori Municipality or Leningor District^[2][3] (Georgian: ახალგორის მუნიციპალიტეტი, Ossetian: Ленингоры район, Russian: Ахалгорский муниципалитет) is a municipality in Georgia or South Ossetia^[4] respectively. Georgia considers Akhalgori part of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti. According to Tskhinval, the current Head of Administration of Leningor is Alan Djussoev, and the current Deputy Head is Alexander Baratashvili.^[5] Before the 2008 war, the municipality was divided, with the eastern part under Georgian and the western under South Ossetian control

The Georgian controlled part of Akhalgori/Leningor Municipality had a population of 7,700 in 2002, with approximately 2,000 living in the town itself. The largest villages were Ikorta, Korinta, Qanchaveti, Kvemo Zakhori, Largvisi, Doretkari, and Karchokhi. The population was primarily Georgian (6,520) and Ossetian (1,110) prior to the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Since the war, over 5,000 ethnic Georgians – at least 70% of the total population and 90% of local ethnic Georgians – have fled the area^[

International status

According to

Leningor District

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Sites

The district houses several notable pieces of medieval Georgian architecture, listed below:

• Ikorta church
• Ikoti nunnery and church (1172)
• The monasteries of Kabeni, Largvisi, and Khopa (9th-13th century)
• The basilicas of Lomisi, Armazi, and Bikari;
• The fortresses of Tsirkoli and Tskhmori.^[7]
• The old palace of the Eristavi noble Family

See also

• Mtskheta-Mtianeti

Notes

References

1. ^ South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.
2. ISBN 978-0-19-025330-1
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3. ^ Daily Report: Soviet Union. The Service. 1991.
4. ISBN 978-90-04-24893-9
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5. ^ "New administration of Leningor district appointed". 20 August 2009.
6. ^ Georgia-Russia: Still Insecure and Dangerous Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine, p. 7. International Crisis Group Europe Briefing N°53. 22 June 2009
7. ^ "Georgia - ICOMOS World Report on Monuments and Sites in Danger 2001: Heritage @ Risk".

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