Tskaltubo Municipality
წყალტუბოს მუნიციპალიტეტი | |
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 Sataplia Managed Reserve | |
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 Location of the municipality within Georgia | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Region | Imereti |
| Capital | Tsqaltubo |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Tsqaltubo Municipal Assembly |
| • mayor | Grigol Ioseliani (GD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 707.5 km2 (273.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 56,883 |
| • Density | 80.40/km2 (208.2/sq mi) |
| Population by ethnicity[1] | |
| • Georgians | 99.5 % |
| • Russians | 0.26 % |
| • Others | 0.24 % |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time) |
| Website | tskaltubo |
Tskaltubo (Georgian: წყალტუბოს მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the region of Imereti. Its main town is Tskaltubo.
Tskaltubo Municipality is a self-governing unit in the Imereti region. People still lived on its territory during the Stone Age, which is confirmed by the numerous settlements discovered during the excavations. The earliest weapon in the Caucasus is found in the White Cave - a copper arrowhead dating back to the 4th-5th millennium BC. It became an official balneological resort in 1920, and was granted the status of a city in 1953.
Located in the central part of Imereti. The municipality is bordered by the city of Kutaisi to the east, Samtredia and Khoni to the west, and Baghdati and Vani to the south. The defining physical-geographical factor of the relief is the deep oval shape of the depression with the appearance of hollow mineral springs, which are bordered on each side by mountain passes. The main forms of relief are lowland-hilly. Rivers flow in the territory of Tskaltubo: Gubistskali, Tskaltubo.
There are 48 settlements in Tskaltubo: 1 city, 47 villages.