Tsalka Municipality Explained

Official Name:

Tsalka Municipality

Native Name:

წალკის მუნიციპალიტეტი

Native Name Lang:

geo

Coordinates:

Subdivision Type:

Subdivision Type1:

Subdivision Name1:

Subdivision Type2:

Administrative centre

Subdivision Name2:

Tsalka

Government Type:

Mayor–Council

Governing Body:

Tsalka Municipal Assembly

Leader Title:

Mayor

Leader Name:

Ilia Sabadze (GD)^[1]

Area Total Km2:

1050.6

Population As Of:

2021

Population Total:

19,679

Population Density Km2:

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Demographics Type1:

Population by ethnicity^[2]

Demographics1 Title1:

Georgians

Demographics1 Info1:

46.7 %

Demographics1 Title2:

Armenians

Demographics1 Info2:

38.8 %

Demographics1 Title3:

Azerbaijanis

Demographics1 Info3:

7.0 %

Demographics1 Title4:

Greeks

Demographics1 Info4:

6.9 %

Timezone:

Georgian Time

Utc Offset:

Module:

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Tsalka (Georgian: წალკის მუნიციპალიტეტი, Ćalḱis Municiṕaliťeťi; ;) is a municipality in Georgia's southern region of Kvemo Kartli, covering an area of 1050.6km². As of 2021 it had a population of 19,679 people. The city of Tsalka is its administrative centre. The area of the municipality corresponds to the historical region of Trialeti.

Administrative divisions

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).^[3]

city: Tsalka;
daba: Bediani, Khramhesi and Trialeti.
villages: for example Beshtasheni and Sameba.

Population

The population of Tsalka is 19,679 according to the 2021 estimate,^[4] 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
	1897	1923	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2002	2014	2021
Tsalka Municipality	-	-	40,286	45,600	50,471	48,580	44,187	20,888	18,849	19,679
	-	1,650	4,875	7,065	5,819	6,245	8,043	1,741	2,326	3,136
Bediani (daba)	-	-	-	-	2,435	1,584	1,263	344	148	136
Khramhesi (daba)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118	78	62
Trialeti (daba)	-	-	-	7,591	1,617	1,435	707	434	510	627
Data: Population statistics Georgia 1897 to present.^[5] ^[6] ^[7] Note:

Politics

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^[8]	2021^[9]	Current Municipal Assembly
		38	20
	United National Movement	2	6
	Progress and Freedom		1
			1
	Strategy Aghmashenebeli	1	1
	Independent	2	1
		1
	Alliance of Patriots	1
Total		align=right	45	align=right	30

External links

Website Municipality

Notes and References

Web site: Მერი.
Web site: Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014 . mashke.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20181104125931/http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm . 2018-11-04 . live.
Web site: Main Results of the 2014 Census (Publication). Census.ge, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). 345–349. 2016-04-28. 2022-01-19. ka.
Web site: Population and Demography - Population by cities and boroughs (daba), as of 1 January . 2021-01-01 . 2022-03-06 . National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat . en .
Web site: Population divisions of Georgia . 2022-03-06 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
Web site: Population cities & towns of Georgia . 2022-03-06 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
Web site: Ethnic composition rural Georgia 1923 . 2022-03-06 . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . en .
Web site: Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2017 . 24–26 . 2022-03-03 . CESKO Central Election Commission . ka .
Web site: Protocol elected municipal council members and mayors 2021 . 31–33 . 2022-03-03 . CESKO Central Election Commission . ka .