Ochamchira district

Ochamchira district

Infobox Abkhaz district
Name = Ochamchira district
AbkhazName = Очамчыра араион
GeorgianName = ოჩამჩირის რაიონი| RussianName = Очамчирский район
Abkhaz



Capital = Ochamchira
GovernorName = Daur Tarba [since 03.04.2007; Regnum.ru [http://www.regnum.ru/news/807533.html Президент Абхазии назначил главу Очамчирского района] , 04.04.2007] |
AreaSize = NA [In the administrative division of Georgia, Ochamchira district has an area of 1,868 km2, but this includes most of Tkvarcheli district and on the other hand does not include part of Gali district.]
PopulationSize = 24,629
PopulationYear = 2003
DensitySize = NA

Ochamchira district is a district of the Republic of Abkhazia. Its capital is Ochamchira, the town by the same name. The district is smaller than the eponymous Georgian district, as some of its former territory is now part of Tkvarcheli district, formed in 1995. The population of the Ochamchira district is 24,629 according to the 2003 census. [http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnabkhazia.html 1989, 2003 Census results] ] Until the August 2008 Battle of the Kodori Valley, some mountainous parts of the district were still under Georgian control, as part of Upper Abkhazia.

Demographics

According to 2003 census, the population of the district included:
*Abkhaz (76.1%)
*Georgians (9.2%)
*Armenians (8.8%)
*Russians (3.8%)
*Greeks (0.3%)

ettlements

The district's main settlements are:
*Ochamchira
*Ilori
*Labra
*Mokva

ee also

*Administrative divisions of Abkhazia

References


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