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<p>Javakheti or Javakhk (<a href="/facts/Armenian_language/tELuE2wG">Armenian</a>: Ջավախք, <i>Javakhk</i>)<i></i> is a historical province in southern <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a>, corresponding to the modern municipalities of <a href="/facts/Akhalkalaki/rBAX4Hcs">Akhalkalaki</a>, <a href="/facts/Aspindza_Municipality/84dGVpYU">Aspindza</a> (partly), <a href="/facts/Ninotsminda/35CFGDym">Ninotsminda</a>, and partly to the Turkey's <a href="/facts/Ardahan_Province/sEuKWFkF">Ardahan Province</a>. Historically, Javakheti's borders were defined by the <a href="/facts/Kura_(South_Caucasus_river)/AcuEbVpv">Kura River</a> (Mtkvari) to the west, and the Shavsheti, <a href="/facts/Samsari_Range/tMHxB6QC">Samsari</a> and Nialiskuri mountains to the north, south and east, respectively. The principal economic activities in this region are <a href="/facts/Subsistence_agriculture/Djjy4FH3">subsistence agriculture</a>, particularly <a href="/facts/Potato/F8jRVExs">potatoes</a> and raising <a href="/facts/Livestock/Quhv6GvP">livestock</a>. </p><p>In 1995, the <a href="/facts/Akhalkalaki/rBAX4Hcs">Akhalkalaki</a> and <a href="/facts/Ninotsminda/35CFGDym">Ninotsminda</a> districts, comprising the historical territory of Javakheti, were merged with the neighboring land of <a href="/facts/Samtskhe/e3lsUS5Q">Samtskhe</a> to form a new administrative region, <a href="/facts/Samtskhe%25E2%2580%2593Javakheti/m9Peq5S1">Samtskhe–Javakheti</a>. As of January 2020, the total population of Samtskhe–Javakheti is 152,100 individuals. <a href="/facts/Armenians/SxHfJF8N">Armenians</a> comprise the majority of Javakheti's population. According to the 2014 Georgian census, 93% (41,870) of the inhabitants in <a href="/facts/Akhalkalaki_Municipality/VJxIh8l7">Akhalkalaki Municipality</a> and 95% (23,262) in <a href="/facts/Ninotsminda_Municipality/pTPc3W2H">Ninotsminda Municipality</a> were Armenians, with only tiny numbers of ethnic <a href="/facts/Georgians/dq2Sd3Cw">Georgians</a> and <a href="/facts/Caucasus_Greeks/SJw6y7eL">Caucasus Greeks</a> remaining. </p>