Tsalka
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Tsalka (Georgian: წალკა, Armenian: Ծալկա, Greek: Τσάλκα, Russian: Цалка), is a town in southern Georgia's Kvemo Kartli region.
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[edit] Population
The district had a population of 22,000. According to the 2002 census 55% of its population is Armenian, 22% Greek, 12% Georgian, and 9.5% Azerbaijanis. Some of these Greeks are Turkophone, known as Urums, who in the past used to be the majority in the town - their numbers considerably lessened by emigration (repatriation).
Several thousands of ethnic Georgians who had suffered from landslides in Svaneti and Adjara were settled in Tsalka in 1997-2006.[1] The town and its district has experienced occasionally violent ethnic division in the recent decade.
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[edit] References
- ^ Georgia’s Armenian and Azeri Minorities, 22 November 2006 (free registration needed to view the full report)
- Anjaparidze, Zaal (March 23, 2005). "Georgia's Greek and Armenian communities decry resettlement plans". Eurasia Daily Monitor. http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=407&issue_id=3272&article_id=2369459.
[edit] Further reading
- (Armenian) ԾԱԼԿԱՅԻ ՇՐՋԱՆԻ ՀԱՅ ԲՆԱԿՉՈՒԹՅՈՒՆԸ. ԱՆՑՅԱԼԸ, ՆԵՐԿԱՆ ԵՎ ԱՊԱԳԱՆ by Robert Tatoyan
Coordinates: 41°35′N 44°05′E / 41.583°N 44.083°E
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