Akhalkalaki

Akhalkalaki is a town in Georgia's southern region of Samtskhe–Javakheti. Akhalkalaki lies on the brink of the Javakheti Plateau. The city is located about 30 kilometres 19 mi from the border with Turkey. In 2002 over 90 percent of the metropolis's populace had been ethnic Armenians. The metropolis was exceeded from Ottomans to Russians after Russo-Turkish War 1828–1829. On January 4, 1900, an earthquake destroyed lots of the town and killed 1,000 people inside the area. As of the 2014 census the metropolis had a population of eight,295. Akhalkalaki become based in 1064. In 1066 the town changed into destroyed in the course of the Seljuq invasions of the Kingdom of Georgia.

Akhalkalaki had alternated between Georgian and Armenian rule till it passed to the Georgian Bagratids within the 11th century. In 11th century Akhalkalaki became political and cost effective centre of Javakheti. In the sixteenth century the city got here beneath the rule of thumb of the Ottoman Empire and have become a sanjak centre in Çıldır Eyaleti. Under the Ottoman rule, the town was referred to as Ahılkelek. The city became exceeded from the Ottomans to the Russians after the Russo-Turkish War in 1828–1829.