Signagi Municipality
Signagi Municipality
სიღნაღის მუნიციპალიტეტი | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Town of Sighnaghi | |
Signagi Municipality | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Mkhare | Kakheti |
| capital city | Signagi |
| Government | |
| • mayor | Malkhaz Begiashvili |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,252 km2 (483 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 29,948 |
| • Density | 23.93/km2 (62.0/sq mi) |
| Population by ethnicity | |
| • Georgians | 97.44% |
| • Armenians | 0.73% |
| • Russians | 0.70% |
| • Yazidis | 0.34% |
| • Azerbaijanis | 0.33% |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time) |
| Website | http://www.signagi.gov.ge/en |
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.