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Tsalenjikha
Sign in to saveTsalenjikha (, also transliterated as Tsalendjikha and Tzalenjikha) is a town in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of western Georgia with a population of 3,847 as of 2014. It is located on the river Chanistsqali. Historically, Tsalenjikha functioned as one of the residences of the Dadiani princess of Mingrelia and a bishopric seat with a medieval cathedral of the Savior.
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Place details
- Locality
- წალენჯიხა
- Region
- სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი
- Country
- საქართველო
- Population
- 2,938
- Timezone
- Asia/Tbilisi
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tsalenjikha
- Settlement.native_name
- წალენჯიხა
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tsalenjikha (Photo by Lika Abralava, 2010).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tsalenjikha Municipality.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- COA of Tsalenjikha.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Georgia#Georgia Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Tsalenjikha in Georgia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Mkhare
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tsalenjikha
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,013
- Settlement.timezone
- Georgian Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- წალენჯიხა
- Country
- Georgia (country)
- Located in
- Tsalenjikha Municipality
- Official language
- Georgian
- Population
- 3092
- Elevation
- 222
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Capital of
- Tsalenjikha Municipality
- Official website
- tsalenjikha.ge
- Image
- Tsalenjixa catedral.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tsalenjikha
- native label
- წალენჯიხა
- postal code
- 5200
- twinned administrative body
- Ukmergė
- P12749
- Sarah Bernhardt
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- People from Tsalenjikha
- See also
- References
- External links
Tsalenjikha (, also transliterated as Tsalendjikha and Tzalenjikha) is a town in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of western Georgia with a population of 3,847 as of 2014. It is located on the river Chanistsqali. Historically, Tsalenjikha functioned as one of the residences of the Dadiani princess of Mingrelia and a bishopric seat with a medieval cathedral of the Savior.
==Etymology== "Tsalenjikha" is a composite toponym, meaning in Mingrelian either "the fortress of Chan" (I. Kipchidze, S. Janashia) or "the lower fortress" (A. Chikobava).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tsalenjikha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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