Machara

Machara
Мачара, მაჭარა
Village
Machara
Machara
Machara
Coordinates: 42°57′11″N 41°04′43″E / 42.953190°N 41.078726°E / 42.953190; 41.078726Coordinates: 42°57′11″N 41°04′43″E / 42.953190°N 41.078726°E / 42.953190; 41.078726
Country Abkhazia (de facto)
Georgia (de jure)
District Gulripshi District
Population (2011)
 • Total 2,640[1]

Machara (Abkhaz: Мачара; Georgian: მაჭარა) is a village in the Gulripshi District of Abkhazia.[2] On 30 May 2012, 37 repatriated members of the Abkhaz diaspora and their families received restored apartments in Machara.[3]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Machara had a population of 2,640. Of these, 66.8% were Armenian, 23.7% Abkhaz, 6.5% Russian, 1.0% Georgian, 0.8% Greek and 0.3% Ukrainian.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/gulripsh11.html (Russian)
  2. ↑ Abkhazia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider Abkhazia de jure a part of Georgia's territory. In Georgia's official subdivision it is an autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.
  3. ↑ "37 абхазских репатриантов получили ключи от квартир в доме, восстановленном за счет государства в селе Мачара Гульрипшского района". Apsnypress. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
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