Gagra District
District in Abkhazia, Georgia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gagra District is a district of Abkhazia.[notes 1] It corresponds to the Georgian district by the same name. In medieval times, it was known as the southern part of Sadzen. It is located in the western part of Abkhazia, and the river Psou serves as a border with Krasnodar Krai of Russia. Its capital is Gagra, the town by the same name. The population of the Gagra town zone in 1989 was 77,079,[4] but this number dropped dramatically following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia, (including the ethnic cleansing of Georgians), to 37,002 at the time of the 2003 census. Ethnic Armenians now constitute a plurality in the district.
Gagra District
გაგრის რაიონი Гагра араион Гагрский район | |
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Coordinates: 43°25′55″N 40°15′53″E | |
Country | Georgia |
De facto state | Abkhazia[1] |
Capital | Gagra |
Government | |
• Governor | Yuri Khagush[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 772 km2 (298 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 39,390[3] |
• Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |