Tquarchal district is a district of the Republic of Abkhazia. It has no equivalent Georgian district, as it was newly formed in 1995 from parts of Ochamchira District

Ochamchira district

Ochamchira district is a district of the Republic of Abkhazia. Its capital is Ochamchira, the town by the same name. The district is smaller than the Ochamchire district in the de jure subdivision of Georgia, as some of its former territory is now part of Tkvarcheli district, formed by de facto...

 and Gali District, centered around its eponymous capital, Tkvarcheli

Tkvarcheli

Tkvarcheli is a town in Abkhazia. It is situated on the river Ghalidzga and the railroad connects it with Ochamchira.-History:...

 ( Tqvarchal, Tquarchal). The population of the district is 14,477 according to the 2003 census. Of note is Bedia Cathedral

Bedia Cathedral

Bedia Cathedral is a medieval Georgian Orthodox cathedral located in Agubedia, in the Tkvarcheli district of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast....

 located within the district.

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

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 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. Construction of a new cement plant is planned now, its output to be used for the Olympic construction projects in Sochi

Sochi

Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...

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