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Gudauta District გუდაუთის რაიონი Гәдоуҭа араион Гудаутский район
District
Ruins of Anacopia on the Iverian Mountain
Location of Gudauta District in Abkhazia (de facto bordering)
Coordinates: 43°15′47″N 40°37′48″E / 43.26306°N 40.63000°E / 43.26306; 40.63000
Country	Georgia
De Facto state	Abkhazia
Capital	Gudauta
Government
• Governor (de facto)	Ruslan Ladaria
Area
• Total	1,640 km (630 sq mi)
Population
• Total	38,524
• Density	23.5/km (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Gudauta District is a district of Abkhazia, Georgia's breakaway republic. It corresponds to the eponymous Georgian district. Its capital is Gudauta, the town by the same name. The population of the district was 34,869 at the time of the 2003 census, down from 57,334 in 1989. By the time of the 2011 Census, the population had increased to 36,775.

Administration

Lev Shamba was reappointed as Administration Head on 10 May 2001 following the March 2001 local elections.

On 16 June 2003, President Ardzinba assented to Shamba's request for dismissal and replaced him with First Deputy Minister for Education Beslan Dbar.

On 29 March 2005, newly elected President Sergei Bagapsh replaced Beslan Dbar as the Head of Gudauta's Administration by Daur Vozba. During the February 2011 assembly elections, Daur Vozba failed to be re-elected by a margin of 92 votes. Sergei Bagapsh appointed Valeri Malia as his successor on 23 February. On 17 February, during its first session, the new Gudauta District assembly elected Roman Bazba its chairman, with 22 out of 29 votes, and Fyodor Sakania its Deputy Chairman.

On 1 November 2011, Abkhazia's Prosecutor General announced that he had initiated criminal proceedings against former Administration Head Daur Vozba, for abuse of power. Vozba is alleged to have signed a decree on 11 August 2006, handing over two most valuable plots of coastal land to two individuals, which would have required authorisation by the Cabinet of Ministers.

Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of Raul Khajimba as President, on 23 September 2014 he replaced Malia as Administration Head with Ruslan Ladaria.

List of Administration Heads

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Census, Gudauta District had a population of 36,775:

• Abkhaz (81.9%)
• Armenians (10.0%)
• Russians (5.0%)
• Georgians (1.4%)
• Ukrainians (0.4%)
• Greeks (0.3%)

Settlements

The district's main settlements are:

• Gudauta
• New Athos
• Lykhny

Twin regions

On 20 September 2013, Gudauta District signed a Friendship and Partnership Agreement with Kstovsky District.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Abkhazia

References

1. The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
2. "Государственный комитет Республики Абхазия по статистике". Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
3. 1989, 2003 Census results
4. ^ 2011 Census results
5. "Выпуск № 92". Apsnypress. 10 May 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
6. ^ "Выпуск № 121". Apsnypress. 16 June 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
7. ^ "Указ Президента Абхазии №67 от О главе Администрации Гудаутского района". Official site of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
8. Kuchuberia, Anzhela (14 February 2011). В Абхазии выборы признаны состоявшимися. Caucasian Knot (in Russian). Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
9. ^ Президент Сергей Багапш подписал Указы о назначении глав администрации городов и районов республики. Apsnypress (in Russian). 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
10. Роман Базба избран председателем Гудаутского Районного собрания. Apsnypress (in Russian). 18 February 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
11. "Возбуждено уголовное дело в отношении бывшего главы администрации Гудаутского района Даура Возба". Apsnypress. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
12. ^ "У К А З О главе администрации Гудаутского района". Apsnypress. 23 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
13. ^ Lakoba, Stanislav. "Кто есть кто в Абхазии". Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
14. Avidzba, V Sh, ed. (2015). АБХАЗСКИЙ БИОГРАФИЧЕСКИЙ СЛОВАРЬ. Moscow - Sukhum: Abkhazian Institute for Humanistic Studies. p. 790. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
15. "Между Гудаутским районом Абхазии и Кстовским муниципальным районом Нижегородской области России заключено соглашение о побратимских отношениях". Apsnypress. 20 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

v t e Administrative divisions of Abkhazia
Districts	Gagra Gali Gudauta Gulripshi Ochamchira Sukhumi Tkvarcheli
Cities	Sukhumi
Towns	Gagra Gali Gudauta New Athos Ochamchire Pitsunda Tkvarcheli
Other settlements	Adzyubzha Agubedia Avadhara Baslakhuba Bedia Bzyb Chkhalta Chuburkhindji Gulripshi Guma Ghvada Leselidze Ilori Kochara Kvemo Barghebi Labra Lykhny Myussera Pskhu Salme Gantiadi Merkheuli Mokvi
See also: Administrative divisions of Georgia Abkhazia portal

• Gudauta District
• Districts of Abkhazia