Daba (Georgian: დაბა) is a type of human settlement in Georgia, a "small town".[1][2] It is equivalent to an urban-type settlement in some other countries of the former Soviet Union.

In present-day Georgia, daba is typically defined as a settlement with the population of no less than 3,000 and established social and technical infrastructure, which enables it to function as a local economic and cultural center; it, furthermore, should not possess large agricultural lands. The status of daba can also be granted to a settlement with the population of less than 3,000, provided it functions as an administrative center of the district (municipality) or has a prospect of further economic and population growth in the nearest future.[1]

Etymology

Daba is the term well known in Old Georgian, where it had the meaning "cornfield, hamlet". It is derived from a Common Kartvelian root *dab(a), which is also a source of the Svan däb, "cornfield", and, possibly, the Mingrelian dobera (dobira), "arable land". The derivative words are udabno, "desert", and mdabali, "low".[3] The name daba is also a basis for several placenames in Georgia, such as Daba, Akhaldaba ("new daba"), Q'veldaba ("cheese daba"), and Dabadzveli ("old daba").

List of daba in Georgia

As of 2011, 50 settlements are categorized in Georgia as daba. These, listed according to a population size (2002 census), are:

Daba Population (2002) Status granted District/Municipality Region or autonomous republic Note
1.Surami9,8001926KhashuriShida Kartli
2.Tskneti8,2001967Vake District,
Tbilisi		Tbilisi
3.Chakvi8,1001954KobuletiAutonomous Republic of Adjara
4.Kazreti7,3001965BolnisiKvemo Kartli
5.Khelvachauri6,1001968KhelvachauriAutonomous Republic of Adjara
6.Ochkhamuri5,0001954KobuletiAutonomous Republic of Adjara
7.Chkhorotsqu5,0001960ChkhorotsquSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
8.Laituri3,6001953OzurgetiGuria
9.Tianeti3,6001960TianetiMtskheta-Mtianeti
10.Shaumiani3,6001932MarneuliKvemo Kartli
11.Agara3,5001934KareliShida Kartli
12.Makhinjauri3,4001959KhelvachauriAutonomous Republic of Adjara
13.Aspindza3,2001961AspindzaSamtskhe-Javakheti
14.Manglisi2,8001926TetritsqaroKvemo Kartli
15.Kveda Nasakirali2,6001976OzurgetiGuria
16.Mestia2,6001968MestiaSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
17.Akhalgori2,5001960AkhalgoriMtskheta-MtianetiControlled by the Republic of South Ossetia
Russian-occupied territory under the Law of Georgia on Occupied Territories (431-IIs, October 23, 2008)[4]
18.Kharagauli2,4001944KharagauliImereti
19.Akhaldaba2,4001965BorjomiSamtskhe-Javakheti
20.Didi Lilo2,4001974TbilisiTbilisi
21.Chokhatauri2,1001947ChokhatauriGuria
22.Kulashi2,0001961SamtrediaImereti
23.Bakuriani2,0001926BorjomiSamtskhe-Javakheti
24.Zhinvali1,9001976DushetiMtskheta-Mtianeti
25.Kojori1,9001968TbilisiTbilisi
26.Stepantsminda1,8001966KazbegiMtskheta-Mtianeti
27.Lentekhi1,7001969LentekhiRacha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
28.Shorapani1,6001938ZestaponiImereti
29.Pasanauri1,6001966DushetiMtskheta-Mtianeti
30.Ureki1,4001953OzurgetiGuria
31.Abastumani1,4001926AdigeniSamtskhe-Javakheti
32.Naruja1,3001987OzurgetiGuria
33.Keda1,2001966KedaAutonomous Republic of Adjara
34.Khulo1,1001964KhuloAutonomous Republic of Adjara
35.Tsagveri1,1001926BorjomiSamtskhe-Javakheti
36.Adigeni1,0001961AdigeniSamtskhe-Javakheti
37.Shuakhevi0,9001974ShuakheviAutonomous Republic of Adjara
38.Bakurianis Andeziti0,5001956BorjomiSamtskhe-Javakheti
39.Sioni0,4001960TianetiMtskheta-Mtianeti
40.Tamarisi0,4001982MarneuliKvemo Kartli
41.Bediani0,3001963TsalkaSamtskhe-Javakheti
42.Trialeti0,3001944TsalkaKvemo Kartli
43.Kharistvala0,0001956AmbrolauriRacha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo SvanetiDepopulated as a result of the 1991 earthquake and a series of avalanches
44.Bichvinta-1963GagraAutonomous Republic of AbkhaziaControlled by the Republic of Abkhazia
Russian-occupied territory under the Law of Georgia on Occupied Territories (431-IIs, October 23, 2008)[4]
45.Gantiadi-1966GagraAutonomous Republic of AbkhaziaControlled by the Republic of Abkhazia
Russian-occupied territory under the Law of Georgia on Occupied Territories (431-IIs, October 23, 2008)[4]
46.Miusera-1990GudautaAutonomous Republic of AbkhaziaControlled by the Republic of Abkhazia
Russian-occupied territory under the Law of Georgia on Occupied Territories (431-IIs, October 23, 2008)[4]
47.Gulripshi-1975GulripshiAutonomous Republic of AbkhaziaControlled by the Republic of Abkhazia
Russian-occupied territory under the Law of Georgia on Occupied Territories (431-IIs, October 23, 2008)[4]
48.Kornisi--KareliShida KartliControlled by the Republic of South Ossetia
Russian-occupied territory under the Law of Georgia on Occupied Territories (431-IIs, October 23, 2008)[4]
49.Kvaisa--OniRacha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo SvanetiControlled by the Republic of South Ossetia
Russian-occupied territory under the Law of Georgia on Occupied Territories (431-IIs, October 23, 2008)[4]
50.Java--JavaShida KartliControlled by the Republic of South Ossetia
Russian-occupied territory under the Law of Georgia on Occupied Territories (431-IIs, October 23, 2008)[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 (in Georgian) მოხელის სამაგიდო ლექსიკონი / გაეროს განვითარების პროგრამა; [შემდგ.: სამსონ ურიდია და სხვ.; რედ.: ვაჟა გურგენიძე] - თბ., 2004 - 483გვ.: ცხრ.; 24სმ. - (საჯარო მოსამსახურის ბ-კა). - ISBN 99940-0-063-2.
  2. ↑ Allen, William Edward David (1932, reissued 1971), A History of the Georgian People: From the Beginning Down to the Russian Conquest in the Nineteenth Century, p. 240. Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0-7100-6959-6.
  3. ↑ Klimov, Georgy (1998), Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages, p. 36. Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 3-11-015658-X.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law of Georgian on Occupied Territories (431-IIs, October 23, 2008) Archived June 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. State Ministry for Reintegration. Retrieved on December 15, 2011.
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