Gagra district

Gagra district

Infobox Abkhaz district
Name = Gagra district
AbkhazName = Гагра араион
GeorgianName = გაგრის რაიონი
RussianName = Гагрский район
Abkhaz



Capital = Gagra
GovernorName = Astamur Ketsba [since 25.05.2006; Regnum.ru [http://www.regnum.ru/news/647250.html Главой администрации Гагрского района Абхазии назначен Астамур Кецба] , 26.05.2006]
AreaSize = 772 km2
PopulationSize = 37,002
PopulationYear = 2003
DensitySize = NA

Gagra district is a district of the Republic of Abkhazia. It corresponds to the Georgian district by the same name. Gagra district is located in the western part of Abkhazia, and the river Psou serves as a border with Krasnodar Kray of Russia. Its capital is Gagra, the town by the same name. The population of the district is 37,002 according to the 2003 census. The population of the "Gagra town zone" in 1989 was 77,079. Ethnic Armenians now constitute a plurality in the district.

Demographics

According to 2003 census, the population of the district included: [http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnabkhazia.html Population censuses in Abkhazia: 1886, 1926, 1939, 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 2003] ru icon]
*Armenians (44.1%)
*Abkhaz (27.7%)
*Russians (20.0%)
*Georgians (3.3%)
*Greeks (0.7%)

ettlements

The district's main settlements are:
*Gagra
*Pitsunda
*Gyachripsh
*Tsandripsh
*Bzyb

The district is mostly mountainous except for the Bzyb lowland in the southern part of it (where Pitsunda is located) and is crossed by several ranges (Gagra, Arabika and others).

ee also

*Administrative divisions of Abkhazia

References


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