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Akhalkalaki (Municipality, Georgia)

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Flag and arms of Akhalkalaki - Images by The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia, 25 January 2011


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Presentation of Akhalkalaki

The town of Akhaltsikhe (60,975 inhabitants, 90% of them being ethnic Armenians after the expelling of the Meskheti Turks in 1944) is located in the Samtskhe-Javakheti Region (southern Georgia). The town, located about 30 km from the border with Turkey, was passed from the Ottoman Empire to Russian after the Russo-Ottoman War (1828-1829).

Jens Pattke, 19 September 2010


Flag of Akhalkalaki

The flag and arms of Akhalkalaki are prescribed by Decree No. 94, adopted on 6 July 2010 by the Municipal Council.

The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia, 25 January 2011

The flag is horizontally divided white-green-blue by with a red "Georgian" cross patty in canton.
The coat of arms is "Per fess, 1. Argent a three-peaked mount vert ensigned with a cross patty gules, 2a. Gules a wheat sheaf or, 2b. Azure three bends wavy argent. The shield surmounted by a three-towered mural crown argent fimbriated sable. Under the shield a scroll argent fimbriated sable charged with the name of the town in Georgian capital letters sable".
[State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia]

Ivan Sache, 19 September 2010