Landscapes, Settlements and Traditional Housing in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

Figures & Tables

Architectural type of building	Number of settlements	The share of settlements [%]	Population	The share of the population [%]
Fortress Rabat with stone houses	22	3.8	5530	13.8
Stone houses	60	10.5	2142	5.3
Semi-underground houses mixed with stone houses	192	33.5	15,071	37.6
Semi-underground houses	214	37.3	13,741	34.3
Terraced semi-underground houses	47	8.2	2688	6.7
Cave dwellings	3	0.5	35	0.1
Wooden log houses	35	6.1	903	2.3
Total	573	100.0	40,068	100.0

Landscape	Architectural type of building	Number of settlements	The share of settlements [%]	Population	The share of the population [%]
Middle mountain Colchian forest	G		100.00
Middle mountain Colchian forest	Total	4	100.00
Lower mountain semihumid forest	A	1	8.333
	B	9	75
	C	2	16.67	84	100.00
	Total	12	100.00	84	100.00
Middle mountain forest	B	2	66.67
	G	1	33.33
	Total	3	100.00
Middle mountain arid forests, shrubs and steppes	A	2	4.54	1330	34.67
	D	37	84.09	2226	58.03
	F	3	6.82	77	2.01
	Total	45	100.00	3836	100.00
Mountain valleys with steppes, meadows and semiarid shrubs	A	8	4.49	3773	21.41
	B	12	6.74	798	4.53
	C	146	81.02	11,977	67.98
	D	10	5.62	917	5.2
	E	2	1.12	154	0.87
	Total	178	100.00	17,619	100.00
Plateau with steppes and meadows	A	1	0.87	21	0.25
	C	2	1.74	273	3.28
	D	112	97.39	8022	96.46
	Total	115	100.00	8316	100.00
Middle mountain dark coniferous forest	A	8	6.35	343	5.3
	B	36	28.57	1344	20.76
	C	39	30.95	2562	39.57
	E	14	11.11	1281	19.78
	G	29	23.02	945	14.59
	Total	126	100.00	6475	100.00
Upper mountain pine and birch forest	A	2	25	63	64.29
	C	1	12.5
	E	4	50	35	35.71
	Total	8	100.00	98	100.00
Highland subalpine sparse forests and shrubby meadows	C	53	67.09	2506	70.2
	E	26	32.91	1064	29.8
	Total	79	100.00	3570	100.00