Tsalka Municipality
Tsalka Municipality
წალკის მუნიციპალიტეტი | |
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| Tsintskaro Tsintskaro | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia |
| Mkhare | Kvemo Kartli |
| Administrative centre | Tsalka |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Tsalka Municipal Assembly |
| • Mayor | Ilia Sabadze (GD)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,050.6 km2 (405.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 19,679 |
| • Density | 18.731/km2 (48.514/sq mi) |
| Population by ethnicity[4] | |
| • Georgians | 46.7 % |
| • Armenians | 38.8 % |
| • Azerbaijanis | 7.0 % |
| • Greeks | 6.9 % |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
| Website | www |
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Tsalka (Georgian: წალკის მუნიციპალიტეტი, romanized: ts'alk'is munitsip'alit'et'i; Greek: Δήμος Τσάλκας; Armenian: Ծալկայի Շրջան, romanized: Tsalkayi Šrǰan) is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Kvemo Kartli, covering an area of 1,050.6 km2 (406 sq mi). As of 2021 it had a population of 19,679 people.[3] The city of Tsalka is its administrative centre. The area of the municipality corresponds to the historical region of Trialeti.
Administrative divisions
[edit | edit source]Tsalka municipality is administratively divided into 30 communities (თემი, temi) with 40 villages (სოფელი, sopeli), three urban-type settlements (დაბა, daba) and one city (ქალაკი, kalaki).[2]
Population
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The population of Tsalka is 19,679 according to the 2021 estimate,[3] which is a slight increase from the last census of 2014 (18,849). The ethnic composition is 46.7% Georgian, 38.8% Armenian, 7.0% Azerbaijani and 6.9% Greek. The population density is 18.7 people per square kilometer.
| Population Tsalka Municipality | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1897 | 1923 | 1939 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2002[5] | 2014 | 2021 | |||||||||
| Tsalka Municipality | - | - | 40,286 | Increase 45,600 | Increase 50,471 | Decrease 48,580 | Decrease 44,187 | Decrease 20,888 | Decrease 18,849 | Increase 19,679 | ||||||||
| Tsalka [6] | - | 1,650 | Increase 4,875 | Increase 7,065 | Increase 5,819 | Increase 6,245 | Increase 8,043 | Decrease 1,741 | Decrease 2,326 | Increase 3,136 | ||||||||
| Bediani (daba) | - | - | - | - | 2,435 | Decrease 1,584 | Decrease 1,263 | Decrease 344 | Decrease 148 | Decrease 136 | ||||||||
| Khramhesi (daba) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 118 | Decrease 78 | Decrease 62 | ||||||||
| Trialeti (daba) | - | - | - | 7,591 | 1,617 | Decrease 1,435 | Decrease 707 | Decrease 434 | Increase 510 | Increase 627 | ||||||||
| Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.[7][8][9] Note:[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
Politics
[edit | edit source]Tsalka Municipal Assembly (Georgian: წალკის საკრებულო) is the representative body in Tsalka Municipality, consisting of 30 members which are elected every four years. The last election was held in October 2021. Ilia Sabadze of Georgian Dream was reelected as mayor.
| Party | 2017[11] | 2021[12] | Current Municipal Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Georgian Dream | 38 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United National Movement | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Progress and Freedom | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For Georgia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strategy Aghmashenebeli | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Georgia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance of Patriots | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 45 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
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References
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- ^ a b The 2014 census found an inexplicable gap with the data from the national statistical office Geostat. UN-assisted research has found the 2002 census was inflated by about 8-9 percent. See,[10] "1. Introduction", Page 1.
- ^ Until 1932 Tsalka town was called Barmaksizi.
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