Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti is a region in western Georgia which includes the historical Georgian provinces of Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti and has Zugdidi as its capital.
Subdivisions
Geography
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti is traversed by two sections of the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.Demographic
According to the Georgian census of 2002, 98.9% of the population is Georgian and 0.9% is Russian. Other ethnic groups live in the region, including Ukrainians, Armenians, Abkhazians and Greeks.Languages
is spoken by the entire population of the region and by the ethnic minorities like Russians and others.
Mingrelian is a Kartvelian language spoken by the Mingrels, a sub-group of Georgian people and native to Mingrelia.
Svan is also a Kartvelian language, spoken by the Svans, a sub-group of Georgian people native to Svaneti.Religion
About 99% of the population identifies as Orthodox Christians.
A little minority of Armenian Christians and Roman Catholics also exist.The area of the region is, the population is 330,000. The administrative center is Zugdidi.
In the region, there are 500 populated areas, including:
