Ninotsminda Municipality

Ninotsminda (Georgian: ნინოწმინდის მუნიციპალიტეტი, Ninots’mindis munitsip’alit’et’i) is a municipality in southern Georgia, in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti with an area of 1,354 km2 (523 sq mi) and a population of 18,944 (2021[1]).

Its main town and administrative center is Ninotsminda, which was granted the status of a city in 1983.

95% of the inhabitants in Ninotsminda are of Armenian descent, the highest amount in a Georgian municipality.

The lowest point of the municipality is 1750 meter above sea level near the village of Kulalisi, the highest is at Mt Godorebi (3189 meter), a few kilometers northeast of Mt Didi Abuli the highest mountain of the Samsari Range.

The Ninotsminda region has a continental upland climate with cold winters with snow and cool summers.

[3] By the start of 2021 the population of the municipality was determined at 18,944 people,[1] a decrease of almost 23% compared to the 2014 census.