Tsalka
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Tsalka (წალკა) is a city in the country of Georgia. It serves as the capital of Tsalka Municipality and is located within the Kvemo Kartli region. The city has a population of 8,043 and is situated at an elevation of 1,482 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 5300, and it operates in the UTC+04:00 time zone.
The city is located next to the Tsalka Reservoir. Historical administrative records also associate the area with Borchaly Uyezd. The official name of the city is წალკა.
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Place details
- Locality
- წალკა
- Region
- ქვემო ქართლი
- Country
- საქართველო
- Population
- 3,900
- Timezone
- Asia/Tbilisi
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tsalka
- Settlement.native_name
- წალკა
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ka
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tsalka centre.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tsalka Municipality.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- COA_of_Tsalka.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Georgia#Georgia Kvemo Kartli
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Tsalka in Georgia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Mkhare
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kvemo Kartli
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tsalka
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 3708
- Settlement.timezone
- Georgian Time
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- წალკა
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Borchaly Uyezd
- Population
- 3467
- Elevation
- 1482
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Body of water
- Tsalka Reservoir
- Capital of
- Tsalka Municipality
- Official website
- tsalka.gov.ge
- Image
- Tsalka Georgia.JPG
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- Commons category
- Tsalka
- postal code
- 5300
- native label
- წალკა
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Population
- Geography
- Climate
- Gallery
- See also
- References
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Tsalka ( , , or , ) is a town and municipality center in southern Georgia's Kvemo Kartli region.
== Population == thumb|left|270x270px|alt=|View of Tsalka. The district had a population of 2,326. According to the 2014 census, 47% of its population is Georgian, 38% Armenian, 7% Caucasus Greeks, and 7% Azerbaijanis. Up until the 1990s, Russian served as the language of inter-ethnic communication and was the language of education in most of the schools in the Tsalka district. It was the only area in the USSR where the Greek language was taught in schools. Many Tsalka Greeks spoke the Tsalka language, a Turkish dialect.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tsalka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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