Sukhumsky district ( abh. Aҟәa araion ) - district of the Republic of Abkhazia [2] .
| area | |
| Sukhumi district | |
|---|---|
| abh Aha Araion | |
| A country |  Republic of Abkhazia |
| Adm Centre | Sukhum |
| The head of administration | Avidzba Beslan |
| History and geography | |
| Square | 1522.5 [1] km² |
| Timezone | +3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 11513 [1] people ( 2015 ) |
| Nationalities | Armenians, Abkhazians, Russians, Georgians, Greeks |
| Denominations | Christians of the Armenian rite, Orthodox, Sunni Muslims, followers of the Abkhaz monocult |
| official languages | Abkhazian, Russian |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 840 22x xx xx |
| Automat code numbers | ABH |
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The administrative center is the city of Sukhum , which is not included in the area. The largest settlements: Gumista c Achadara ; Escher with Shitskvara and Guandra ; Baslata with Lower and Upper Birtskha (Biruha) ( Byrts and Byrtskhu ), Yashthua with Lower and Upper Yashthua (Yashthwa), as well as Upper Escher and Dzygut . In the north is the remote village Pskhu .
History
It was formed on May 5, 1940 on the basis of the Sukhum district (earlier - the Sukhum district of the Kutaisi province).
Over the years, the district was headed by:
- Avidzba Lev Arzabayevich (1993–2003),
- Agumava Zurab Mikhailovich (2003—2005),
- Avidzba Vladimir Shakirovich (2005–2012),
- Bigvava Zhuzhuna Chagovna (2012–2014),
- Avidzba Beslan Shemenievich (2014 - present).
Population
| Population | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 [3] | 1897 [3] | 1926 [3] | 1939 [3] | 1959 [3] | 1970 [3] | 1979 [3] | 1989 [3] [4] |
| 68,773 | ↗ 106,179 | ↘ 55 529 | ↗ 77,925 | ↗ 84 351 | ↘ 36,552 | ↗ 38,306 | ↗ 39,516 |
| 2003 [3] [1] | 2011 [3] [1] | 2013 [1] | 2014 [1] | 2015 [1] | 2016 [1] | 2017 [5] | 2018 [5] |
| ↘ 11,747 | ↘ 11,531 | ↗ 11,546 | ↘ 11,541 | ↘ 11,536 | ↘ 11,513 | ↗ 11,519 | ↘ 11,517 |
The population (without the city of Sukhum ) in 1939 was 77,925 people (of which 28.5% were Greeks , 26.3% were Georgians , 22.6% were Armenians , 14.8% were Russians , 2.5% were Abkhazians ) [6] , in 1989 - 39,516 inhabitants (including 44.4% - Georgians , 29.4% - Armenians , 10.5% - Greeks , 7.2% - Russians , 5.1% - Abkhazians ), in 2003 - 11,747 inhabitants [3] .
The national composition of the district for the censuses of 2003 and 2011 [3] :
| People | 2003 people | % | 2011 people | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenians | 7209 | 61.37% | 6467 | 56.08% |
| the Abkhaz | 2916 | 24.82% | 3505 | 30.40% |
| Russians | 860 | 7.32% | 864 | 7.49% |
| Georgians [7] | 248 | 2.11% | 235 | 2.04% |
| the Greeks | 183 | 1.56% | 147 | 1.27% |
| Ukrainians | 60 | 0.51% | 58 | 0.50% |
| Ossetians | 15 | 0.13% | ... | ... |
| Estonians | 13 | 0.11% | ... | ... |
| other | 243 | 2.07% | 255 | 2.21% |
| total | 11747 | 100.00% | 11531 | 100.00% |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Abkhazia in figures 2015: Department of State Statistics of the Republic of Abkhazia . - Sukhum: IP Lagvilava A., 2016. - pp. 22-27. - 140 s. - 300 copies
- ↑ According to the administrative-territorial division of Georgia - Sukhumi municipality of the Abkhaz Autonomous Republic of Georgia
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Ethno-Caucasus. The population of Abkhazia .
- ↑ AII-USSR census 1989 in Abkhazian ASSR (cargo) (English)
- ↑ 1 2 Abkhazia in numbers 2017: Department of State Statistics of the Republic of Abkhazia . - Sukhum: IP Lagvilava A., 2018. - pp. 22-27. - 159 s. - 300 copies
- ↑ including modern Gulipshsky district
- ↑ Including Megrels and Svans . According to the 2003 census, 222 people (1.9%) identified themselves as Georgians , 26 people (0.2%) - Megrelians . According to the 2011 census: 233 Georgians , 1 megrel , 1 Svan .