Tsinagari | |
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Village | |
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| Coordinates:42°04′41″N44°17′18″E / 42.07806°N 44.28833°E /42.07806; 44.28833 | |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 345[1] |
Tsinagari (Georgian:წინაგარი;Ossetian:Цъинагар), also known by itsOssetian nameAmzarin (Ossetian:Амдзарин) is a village in the partially recognized Republic ofSouth Ossetia close to the border withGeorgia in theAkhalgori Municipality, which South Ossetia refers to as the Leningor district.
Tsinagari is located on the Tiripon Plain at the southwestern edge of the Akhalgori Municipality and is one of the Municipality's most developed settlements.
Between South Ossetia's independence in 1991 and the 2008Russo Georgian War, Tsinagari was the capital of the South Ossetian Leningor district. Following the 2008 war and South Ossetia's conquest of Georgian held Akhalgori Municipality the capital of the district was moved toAkhalgori.[citation needed]
Between 2020 and 2022 the village became the center of a dispute as thesecondary school's gym, which was built by the South OssetianMinistry of Construction, never had atransformer installed rendering it without electricity and inoperable.[2] The school's administrator and former member of theParliament of South OssetiaLasko Gussoev lobbied extensively for the transformer, arguing that the lack of government communication was a sign of incumbentPresidentAnatoly Bibilov's corruption or incompetence.[3] Additionally, the school, which was built in 1970 and has seen no renovations, has been the subject of a proposed major renovation which has not been granted by governmental authorities.[4]
| Year | 1959 | 2015 |
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| Population | 672 | 345 |
According to the1959 Soviet census, the majority of residents where ethnically Ossetian.[6]
