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Akhalkalaki (for
New City;,
Akhalkalak) is a small city in
Georgia's southern region of
Samtskhe-Javakheti with a population of 60,975. Akhalkalaki lies on the edge of the
Javakheti Volcanic Plateau. The city is located about 30 km from the border with
Turkey. 90 percent of the city's population are ethnic
Armenians. The city was passed from
Ottomans to
Russians after
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829).
Transport
In April 2005, an agreement was signed to build a new
railway connecting
Turkey with
Georgia and
Azerbaijan, passing through Akhalkalaki.
Bases
The city was a home to the
Soviet-era 147th Motor Rifle Division (part of the
9th Army of the
Transcaucasian Military District) up until the early 1990s. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Division became the Russian 62nd Military Base which was officially transferred, according to the 2006
Sochi agreement, to Georgia on
June 27,
2007.
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