Tsalka
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Place details
- Locality
- წალკა
- Region
- ქვემო ქართლი
- Country
- საქართველო
- Population
- 3,900
- Timezone
- Asia/Tbilisi
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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
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
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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.