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Gulripshi District გულრიფშის რაიონი Гәылрыҧшь араион
District
Dranda Cathedral is one of the oldest in Abkhazia
Location of Gulripshi district in Abkhazia
Coordinates: 43°06′00″N 41°25′01″E / 43.1000°N 41.4170°E / 43.1000; 41.4170
Country	Georgia
De Facto state	Abkhazia
Capital	Gulripshi
Government
• Governor	Aslan Baratelia
Area
• Total	1,835 km (708 sq mi)
Population
• Total	18,032
• Density	9.8/km (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)

Gulripshi District (Georgian: გულრიფშის რაიონი, Abkhaz: Гәылрыҧшь араион) is a district of Abkhazia, one of Georgia’s breakaway republics. It corresponds to the eponymous Georgian district. Its capital is Gulripshi, the town by the same name. Until the August 2008 Battle of the Kodori Valley, the north-eastern part of Gulripshi district was part of Upper Abkhazia, the corner of Abkhazia controlled by Georgia until the Battle of the Kodori Valley during the August 2008 South Ossetia War. Upper Abkhazia was home to 1,956 of the district's 19,918 inhabitants, most of whom were ethnic Svans (a subgroup of the Georgian people). Most of these fled before the battle and have not yet returned.

Of note is the Dranda Cathedral sitting over a shrine built by Justinian in 551. The medieval principality of Dal-Tsabal was centered in the district. Abkhazia's main airport, Sukhumi Dranda Airport, is also located in Gulripshi district.

Administration

Adgur Kharazia was reappointed as Administration Head on 10 May 2001 following the March 2001 local elections.

On 18 December 2002, President Ardzinba released Kharazia as Administration Head and appointed him as Minister for Agriculture and Food.

On 16 June 2003, President Ardzinba appointed Tamaz Gogia as Administration Head. In the beginning of 2004, district officials stayed away from work in protest of what they perceived as rudeness from Gogia. In response, Gogia applied for resignation which President Ardzinba granted on 9 February, appointing First Deputy Head Aslan Baratelia as acting Head.

On 24 March 2005, newly elected President Sergei Bagapsh replaced Administration Head Aslan Baratelia with Mikhail Logua. In the 2011 Presidential election, Logua successfully ran for Vice President alongside Alexander Ankvab. He was succeeded on 14 December by Timur Eshba, who had previously been Deputy Head.

Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of Raul Khajimba as President, on 23 September 2014 he replaced Eshba with Aslan Baratelia.

List of Administration Heads

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, the population of the district was 18 032 people, consisting of:

• Armenians (46.8%)
• Abkhazians (33.6%)
• Russians (11.4%)
• Georgians (4.6%)
• Ukrainians (0.9%)
• Greeks (0.7%)

Settlements

The district's main settlements are:

• Gulripshi
• Tsebelda
• Dranda
• Babushera
• Chkhalta (the main village of what used to be Upper Abkhazia)

See also

• Kodori Valley

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. ^ 2003 (2002) Census results
3. "Выпуск № 92". Apsnypress. 10 May 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
4. ^ Новые назначения в правительстве Абхазии. Caucasian Knot (in Russian). 18 December 2002. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
5. ^ "Выпуск № 121". Apsnypress. 16 June 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
6. Kuchuberia, Anzhela (10 February 2004). "Президент Абхазии освободил Тамаза Гогия от обязанностей главы администрации Гулрипшского района". Caucasian Knot. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
7. ^ "Выпуск №28". Apsnypress. 9 February 2004. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
8. ^ Bagapsh, Sergei (24 March 2005). "О главе Администрации Гулрыпшского района". Administration of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
9. ^ "Тимур Эшба назначен главой администрации Гульрипшского района". Apsnypress. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
10. ^ "У К А З О главе администрации Гулрыпшского района". Apsnypress. 23 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
11. "Харазия Адгур Рафетович". People's Assembly - Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

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

• Gulripshi District
• Districts of Abkhazia