- Tkvarcheli district
Infobox Abkhaz district
Name = Tkvarcheli district
AbkhazName = unicode|Тҟәарчал араион
GeorgianName = ტყვარჩელის რაიონი
RussianName = Ткуарчалский район
Abkhaz
Capital =Tkvarcheli
GovernorName = Timur Gogua [as of 2007; President of Abkhazia official site, [http://www.abkhaziagov.org/ru/president/press/news/detail.php?ID=4245 Президент продлил полномочия главы администрации Ткуарчальского района] , 23/02/2007]
AreaSize = NA
PopulationSize = 14,777
PopulationYear =2003
DensitySize = NATkvarcheli district is a district of the
Republic of Abkhazia . It is the only district which has no equivalent Georgian district, as it was newly formed in 1995 from parts of Ochamchira district and Gali district, centered around its eponymous capital,Tkvarcheli . The population of the district is 14,477 according to the 2003 census. [http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnabkhazia.html 1989, 2003 Census results] ]Demographics
According to 2003 census, the population of the district included:
*Georgians (55.2%)
*Abkhaz (37.8%)
*Russians (4.9%)
*Armenians (0.5%)
*Greeks (0.2%)Economy
The coal-mining carried out by the Turkish Tamsaş company is the district's main industry and source of income as Tamsaş's tax payments account for 75% of its budget. The company was criticised for neglecting environmental requirements. [ [http://www.abkhaziagov.org/en/news/detail.php?ID=2963 The Turkish Tamsas Can Resume Mining in Abkhazia If It Complies with Environmental Requirements] 09/11/2006 18:00, Official site of the President of Abkhazia] Construction of a new cement plant is planned now, its output to be used for the Olympic construction projects in
Sochi . [ [http://www.abkhaziagov.org/ru/president/press/news/detail.php?ID=5286 Ткуарчал отметил 65-летний юбилей 20/04/2007 18:13, Official site of the President of Abkhazia] ]ettlements
The district's main settlements are:
*Tkvarcheli References
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