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.jpg) Assyrian church in Dzveli-Kanda village | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,299[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Georgian, Russian, Assyrian | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly Christianity (Georgian Orthodoxy and Syriac Christianity) |
Assyrians in Georgia (Georgian: ასურელები) number 3,299 (as of 2002), and most arrived in the Southern Caucasus in early 20th century when their ancestors fled present-day Turkey and Iran during the Assyrian genocide.
- ^ "According to the 1989 population census, there were 5,200 Assyrians in Georgia (0.1 percent); according to the 2002 census, their number dropped to 3,299, while their percentage remained the same" [1] Archived 25 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine [The Assyrians of Georgia: Ethnic Specifics Should Be Preserved in the Journal of Central Asia and the Caucasus]
- ^ "2002 Georgian census". Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2011.