Senaki Municipality

Senaki (Georgian: სენაკის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Its main town is Senaki.

Senaki Municipality სენაკის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Municipality
Fence of Nokalakevi
Flag Seal
Location of the municipality within Georgia
Country	Georgia
Region	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Administrative centre	Senaki
Government
• Body	Senaki Municipal Assembly
• Mayor	Vakhtang Gadelia (GD)[1]
Area
• Total	520.7 km2 (201.0 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	39 652
• Density	76.15/km2 (197.2/sq mi)
Population by ethnicity[2]
• Georgians	99,56 %
• Russians	0,15 %
• Armenians	0,10 %
• Ukrainians	0.06 %
• Assyrians	0.06 %
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time)
Website	senaki.gov.ge

It has an area of 521 km² and had a population of 39,652 as of the 2014 census.

Politics

Senaki Municipal Assembly (Georgian: სენაკის საკრებულო) is a representative body in Senaki Municipality, consisting of 33 members which is elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Vakhtang Gadelia of Georgian Dream was elected mayor through a 2nd round against a candidate of the United National Movement.

Senaki was one of just seven municipalities where ruling Georgian Dream lost its majority in the sakrebulo, five of which in Samegrelo.^[3]

A protracted local political crisis ensued over the election of the chairperson of the sakrebulo, eventually resulting in a majoritarian UNM council member to abandon his mandate, and the central election commission calling for a by-election in one of the districts.^[4] The election was boycotted by the opposition parties, resulting in the election of the Georgian Dream candidate with 96.7% on 1 October 2022,^[5] at the expense of a (former) UNM seat, tilting the balance of political power in the sakrebulo

Party		2017[6]	2021[1]	Current Municipal Assembly
	Georgian Dream	26	17[a]
	United National Movement	4	12
	For Georgia		4
	European Georgia	2
	Alliance of Patriots	1
Total		33	33

Administrative divisions

Church of 40 martyr

Senaki municipality is administratively divided into one city, 14 communities (თემი, temi), and 61 villages (სოფელი, sopeli):^[7]

Cities

• Senaki

Communities

• Akhalsopeli
• Gejeti
• Eki
• Zani
• Zemo Chaladidi
• Teklati
• Ledzadzame
• Menji
• Nosiri
• Nokalakevi
• Ushapati
• Potskho
• Dzveli Senaki
• Khorshi

Twin towns – sister Municipalities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Georgia (country)

• Bila Tserkva, Ukraine^[8]
• Rakvere, Estonia

See also

• List of municipalities in Georgia (country)

Explanatory notes

1. GD won Senaki by-elections and gained one more seat at the expense of UNM.^[5]