Marneuli

Marneuli (Georgian მარნეული ) is the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality in the region of Lower Kartli in southeastern Georgia. The city lies near the border with Azerbaijan and Armenia. It has 19,050 inhabitants ( as of 2008) and is mostly inhabited by members of Turkic peoples: Azeris and Karapapaken (also called Terekeme ) represent 83.1 % of the population.

The Georgian Air Force operates Marneuli near the military airfield Tbilisi Marneuli. In the Caucasus conflict in 2008, the airport was the target of Russian air attacks. On August 8, four people were killed and five injured thereby.

Georgian - Azerbaijan

By 1947, the city bore the name Borchali. He comes from the Azerbaijani language and was also the name of a surrounding historic landscape, which included the present-day Rajone Marneuli, Gardabani and Bolnisi. Until 1736 Marneuli was the capital of the Sultanate Borchali.

The strongest denomination in the city is the Islamic Shia. Under the reign of the Persian Safavid she was in Marneuli state religion. The religious center of the city is now the Ahli Beyt Foundation, which is by an Iranian cleric, a Mujahideen conducted. In addition to the teaching of sacred texts, the Foundation also provides English, computer science and Georgischkurse.

The Azerbaijani minority is - in contrast to many Armenians in Javakheti - not for secession from Georgia in. The Azerbaijani government and nationalist forces in Azerbaijan provide Georgia's territorial integrity is not in question.