Chkhalta (Georgian: ჩხალთა; Abkhaz: Чҳалҭа; Russian: Чхалта) is a village in the upper part of the Kodori Valley, situated in Gulripshi District, Abkhazia, a breakaway republic from Georgia.

Chkhalta is considered to be "Tsakhar" of the Byzantine sources by a considerable number of scholars.

Here, in 556, the battle took place between the Byzantine army and rebellious Misimians, a local proto-Georgian tribe.

[2] Prior to August 2008, Chkhalta was part of 'Upper Abkhazia', and once housed the headquarters of a now defunct armed formation Monadire.

During the August 2008 Russo-Georgian war, Abkhaz separatists gained control of Chkhalta and the rest of Upper Abkhazia.