Tsinagari
Village
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Tsinagari (Georgian: წინაგარი; Ossetian: Цъинагар), also known by its Ossetian name Amzarin (Ossetian: Амдзарин) is a village in the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia close to the border with Georgia in the Akhalgori Municipality, which South Ossetia refers to as the Leningor district.
Tsinagari
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| Coordinates: 42°04′41″N 44°17′18″E | |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 345[1] |
Geography
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.
History
Between South Ossetia's independence in 1991 and the 2008 Russo 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 to Akhalgori.[citation needed]
Secondary school
Between 2020 and 2022 the village became the center of a dispute as the secondary school's gym, which was built by the South Ossetian Ministry of Construction, never had a transformer installed rendering it without electricity and inoperable.[2] The school's administrator and former member of the Parliament of South Ossetia Lasko Gussoev lobbied extensively for the transformer, arguing that the lack of government communication was a sign of incumbent President Anatoly 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]
Demographics
According to the 1959 Soviet census, the majority of residents where ethnically Ossetian.[6]
