Sukhumi District is one of the districts of Abkhazia, One of

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’s two breakaway republics. It corresponds to the eponymous Georgian municipality. Its capital is

Sukhumi Sukhumi (russian: Суху́м(и), ) or Sokhumi ( ka, სოხუმი, ), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa ( ab, Аҟәа, ''Aqwa''), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of ...

, the town by the same name, which is also the capital of entire Abkhazia. The population of the district is 11,531 according to the 2011 census. The city of Sukhumi is a separate administrative entity with more than 60,000 inhabitants.2011 Census results
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Demographics

According to the 2011 Census, Sukhumi District had a population of 11,531:
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(56.1%) * Abkhaz (30.4%) *

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(7.5%) * Georgians (2.2%) *

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(1.3%) *

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(0.5%)

Settlements

The city of Sukhumi is a separate administrative entity independent of the district. The district's main settlements are: *

Eshera Eshera ( ka, ეშერა; ab, Ешыра; russian: Эшера) is a village in the Sukhumi District in Abkhazia. It is a climatic-balneotherapeutic resort on the Black Sea coast, at the right side of Gumista river. Its altitude above sea le ...

* Guma * Kamani * Pskhu

Administration

Lev Avidzba was reappointed as Administration Head on 10 May 2001 following the March 2001 local elections. On 2 April 2003, President Ardzinba dismissed Lev Avidzba and appointed State Security Service Chairman Zurab Agumava as acting District Head. Agumava remained in this post until in 2006 he was appointed Military Prosecutor by Ardzinba's successor

Sergei Bagapsh Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh, ka, სერგეი ბაგაფში, russian: Сергей Васильевич Багапш, translit=Sergey Vasilyevich Bagapsh (4 March 1949 – 29 May 2011) was an Abkhaz politician who served as th ...

. On 21 February 2007, before the local elections, President Bagapsh temporarily prolonged

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tenure as Head of the District Administration. After Avidzba was re-elected, he was permanently re-appointed on 21 March. On 12 June 2012, President

Alexander Ankvab Aleksandr Zolotinskovich Ankvab ( ; ab, Алықьсандр Золотинска-иԥа Анқәаб, ka, ალექსანდრე ზოლოტინსკის ძე ანქვაბი, russian: Алекса́ндр Золот� ...

dismissed Avidzba for reaching the age of retirement, and awarded him with the order Akhdz-Apsha in the third degree for his long government service. On the same day, Ankvab appointed Head of the Education Department Zhuzhuna Bigvava as Avidzba's successor. Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of

Raul Khajimba Raul Jumkovich Khajimba ( ab, Рауль Џьумка-иҧа Ҳаџьымба, ka, რაულ ჯუმკას-ძე ჰაჯიმბა; born 21 March 1958) is an Abkhazian politician, and served as President of Abkhazia from 25 Septembe ...

as President, on 28 October 2014 he dismissed Bigvava and appointed Beslan Avidzba as acting Head of the Administration. Avidzba was permanently appointed after local elections were held, on 2 June 2016.

List of Administration Heads

References

Districts of Abkhazia Districts of Georgia (country) {{Abkhazia-geo-stub

Demographics

Settlements

Administration

List of Administration Heads

See also

References