42°39′27″N 44°38′43″E / 42.65750°N 44.64528°E / 42.65750; 44.64528

Kazbegi Municipality
ყაზბეგის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Mount Kazbek
Mount Kazbek
Flag of Kazbegi Municipality
Flag
Official seal of Kazbegi Municipality
Seal
Country Georgia
MkhareMtskheta-Mtianeti
CapitalStepantsminda
Area
 • Total1,081.7 km2 (417.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total3 795
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Kazbegi (Georgian: ყაზბეგის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti in east-north Georgia.

The main settlement is Stepantsminda, accounting for about half of the total population.

Kazbegi Municipality is situated in the upper valley of the Terek River, which goes on to traverse the Georgia–Russia border to the north and eventually drains into the Caspian Sea in Dagestan, Russian Federation. By the conventional definition of the Europe-Asia boundary as following the watershed of the Greater Caucasus, Kazbegi Municipality is geographically a European part of Georgia.[2][3]

Landmarks

Kazbegi Municipality is known for its scenic location in the Greater Caucasus mountains, and it is a center for trekkers and mountain climbing. Local attractions include the Kazbegi Museum and Ethnographic Museum in town, and the Gergeti Trinity Church outside of town, as well as Mount Kazbegi itself and the alpine meadows and forests of the surrounding Kazbegi Nature Reserve, Juta mountain, Gveleti Waterfall, Truso valley and Abudelauri blue lakes.

Gergeti Trinity Church
Gergeti Trinity Church and background rainbow

Attractions and sport facilities

Stepantsminda along with Kuro and Shino glaciers
  • Horse-riding
  • Paragliding
  • Bike-riding
  • Gergeti Sameba Church
  • Natural mineral waters
  • Mount Kazbek climbing
  • Glaciers
  • Waterfall Gveleti
Chaukhi Mountains as seen from the village of Juta.

Politics

Kazbegi Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ყაზბეგის საკრებულო) is a representative body in Kazbegi Municipality. currently consisting of 18 members. The council is assembles into session regularly, to consider subject matters such as code changes, utilities, taxes, city budget, oversight of city government and more. Kazbegi sakrebulo is elected every four year. The last election was held in October 2021.[4]

Party Seats (18) Current Municipal Assembly
  Georgian Dream 12                      
  United National Movement 1                        
  For Georgia 1                        
  Alliance of Patriots 1                        
  Tamaz Mechiauri for United Georgia 1                        
  For the People 1                        
  European Socialists 1                        

Municipal Assembly 2017-2021

Party Seats (21) Current Municipal Assembly
  Georgian Dream 12                      
  Alliance of Patriots 3                        
  European Georgia 1                        
  Labour Party 1                        
  Democratic Movement 1                        
  Minor parties [lower-alpha 1] 3                        

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "National Democratic Movement","Georgia","Traditionalists".

References

  1. ↑ "Population Census 2014". www.geostat.ge. National Statistics Office of Georgia. November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Municipality of Kazbegi, north Khevsureti and Tusheti located in north of the Greater Caucasus Watershed, and this geographically in Europe, also mountains on Bezengi wall in upper Svaneti as Ushba and Tetnuldi
  3. ↑ "Country profiles".
  4. ↑ https://cesko.ge/res/docs/2021sakrebuloswevraddameradarcheulipirebi.pdf


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