Gulripsh district

Gulripsh district

Infobox Abkhaz district
Name = Gulripsh district
AbkhazName = unicode|Гәылрыҧшь араион
GeorgianName = გულრიფშის რაიონი
RussianName = Гульрипшский район
Abkhaz



Capital = Gulripsh
GovernorName = Mikhail Logua [as of 2006]
AreaSize = 1835 km2
PopulationSize = 19,918*
PopulationYear = 2003
DensitySize = NA

Gulripsh district is a district of the internationally unrecognised Republic of Abkhazia, de jure part of Georgia. Its capital is Gulripsh, the town by the same name. Until the August 2008 Battle of the Kodori Valley, the north-eastern part of Gulripsh district was part of Upper Abkhazia, the corner of Abkhazia still controlled by Georgia. Upper Abkhazia was home to 1,956 of the district's 19,918 inhabitants, most of whom were ethnic Svans, a subgroub of the Georgian people). [http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnabkhazia.html 2003 (2002) Census results] ]

Abkhazia's main aiport, Sukhumi Dranda Airport, is located in Gulripsh district.

Demographics

According to 2003 census, the population of the district included:
*Armenians (47.5%)
*Abkhaz (24.5%)
*Georgians (13.7%)
*Russians (12.1%)
*Greeks (0.6%)

ettlements

The district's main settlements are:
*Gulripsh
*Tsebelda
*Dranda
*Babushara
*Chkhalta (the main village of what used to be Upper Abkhazia)

ee also

*Kodori Valley

References


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