Tsalka
Tsalka (Georgian: წალკა, Armenian: Ծալկա, Azerbaijani: Barmaqsız, Greek: Τσάλκα, Russian: Цалка), is a town in southern Georgia's Kvemo Kartli region.
Population
The district had a population of 22,000. According to the 2002 census 55% of its population is Armenian, 22% Caucasus Greeks, 12% Georgian, and 9.5% Azerbaijanis. Some of Tsalkan Greeks are Turkophone, and are known as Urums. In the past they used to be the majority in the town of Tsalka but now their weight considerably decreased due to emigration (primarily to Greece).
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.
See also
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.
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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