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The historic region of Javakheti in Georgia.
Javakheti (Georgian: ჯავახეთი), is a historical region of Georgia in the southeastern part of the country's Samtskhe-Javakheti province. The area is predominately inhabited by ethnic Armenians whose ancestors arrived as refugees from Erzurum.[1] Principal economic activities in this region are subsistence agriculture and livestock.
An expected improvement is the planned construction of the highway (financed by the US Millennium Challenge Account) to more effectively link the region with the rest of Georgia. Armenians are underrepresented in all spheres of public life, especially government, and a lack of dialogue between them and Tbilisi adds to perceptions of discrimination and alienation.[2] The local Armenian civic organization, United Javakhk Democratic Alliance calls for local autonomy, comparable with the one promised to Abkhazians and Ossetians, although there are no legal prerequisites for this.
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- ^ Statistics Georgia
- ^ http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ICG/a839b86ed70730cc9b32cbd9a898fc90.htm
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