Signagi Municipality

Signagi Municipality
სიღნაღის მუნიციპალიტეტი
Municipality
Town of Sighnaghi
Interactive map of Signagi Municipality
Country Georgia
MkhareKakheti
capital citySignagi
Government
 • mayorMalkhaz Begiashvili
Area
 • Total
1,252 km2 (483 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
29,948
 • Density23.93/km2 (62.0/sq mi)
Population by ethnicity
 • Georgians97.44%
 • Armenians0.73%
 • Russians0.70%
 • Yazidis0.34%
 • Azerbaijanis0.33%
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time)
Websitehttp://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.