Chiatura Municipality

Municipality in Imereti, Georgia

Chiatura Municipality ჭიათურის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Municipality
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Chiatura Municipality within Georgia
Country	Georgia
Region	Imereti
Capital	Chiatura
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Mayor	Givi Modebadze (GD)
• Municipal Assembly	35 members • Georgian Dream (27) • UNM (5) • For Georgia (1) • Lelo for Georgia (1) • Strategy Builder (1)
Area
• Total	542 km² (209 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	39,884
Population by ethnicity^[1]
• Georgians	99.6 %
• Armenians	0.2 %
• Others	0.2 %
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time)

Chiatura (Georgian: ჭიათურის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Imereti. Its main town is Chiatura.

Population: 39,884 (2014 census)

Area: 542 km²

Demography

Year	Population
1989	68 501
2002	53 998
2014	39 884

Politics

Chiatura Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ჭიათურის საკრებულო) is a representative body in Chiatura Municipality, consisting of 36 members and elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021.

Party		2017^[2]	2021^[3]
	Georgian Dream	28	26
	United National Movement	3	5
	For Georgia		2
	Strategy Aghmashenebeli		1
	Lelo		1
	Independent *		1
	European Georgia	1
	Alliance of Patriots	1
Total		33	36
* Split from Georgian Dream^[4]

Gallery

References

^ "Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014". mashke.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-04.
^ "Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2017" (PDF) (in Georgian). CESKO Central Election Commission. Retrieved 2021-12-19.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021" (PDF) (in Georgian). CESKO Central Election Commission. Retrieved 2022-12-19.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ""ქართულ ოცნებას" რეგიონული ჩინოვნიკებიც ტოვებენ და კელი დეგნანს აკრიტიკებენ". jam-news.net (in Georgian). 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-12-20.