Sukhumi District
| Sukhumi District სოხუმის რაიონი Аҟәа араион Сухумский район |
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Kamani village and surrounding mountains
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 Location of Sukhumi in Abkhazia |
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| Country |  Georgia |
| De facto state |  Abkhazia[1] |
| Capital | Sukhumi |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Beslan Avidzba Acting[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,523 km2 (588 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 11,531 |
| • Density | 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+3) |
Sukhumi district is a district of Abkhazia, Georgia’s breakaway republic. It corresponds to the eponymous Georgian municipality. Its capital is Sukhumi, 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.[3]
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Demographics
According to the 2011 Census, Sukhumi District had a population of 11,531:[3]
- Armenians (56.1%)
- Abkhaz (30.4%)
- Russians (7.5%)
- Georgians (2.0%)
- Greeks (1.3%)
- Ukrainians (0.5%)
- Mingrelians (0.1%)
- Svans (0.1%)
Settlements
The district's main settlements are:
Administration
Lev Avidzba was reappointed as Administration Head on 10 May 2001 following the March 2001 local elections.[4]
On 2 April 2003, President Ardzinba dismissed Lev Avidzba and appointed State Security Service Chairman Zurab Agumava as acting District Head.[5] Agumava remained in this post until in 2006 he was appointed Military Prosecutor by Ardzinba's successor Sergei Bagapsh.[6]
On 21 February 2007, before the local elections, President Bagapsh temporarily prolonged Vladimir Avidzba tenure as Head of the District Administration.[7][8] After Avidzba was re-elected, he was permanently re-appointed on 21 March.[9]
On 12 June 2012, President Alexander Ankvab 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.[10]
Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of Raul Khajimba as President, on 28 October 2014 he dismissed Bigvava and appointed Beslan Avidzba as acting Head of the Administration.[2]
List of Administration Heads
| # | Name | Entered office | Left office | President | Comments | ||
| Heads of the District Administration: | |||||||
| Lev Avidzba | ≤ February 2000 | 2 April 2003 | [5] | Vladislav Ardzinba | |||
| Zurab Agumava | 2 April 2003 | [5] | 12 February 2005 | ||||
| 12 February 2005 | 2006 | Sergei Bagapsh | |||||
| Vladimir Avidzba | 2006 | 29 May 2011 | |||||
| 29 May 2011 | 12 June 2012 | [10] | Alexander Ankvab | ||||
| Zhuzhuna Bigvava | 12 June 2012 | [10] | Present | ||||
| 1 June 2014 | 28 October 2014 | [2] | Valeri Bganba | ||||
| Beslan Avidzba | 28 October 2014 | [2] | Present | Raul Khajimba | |||
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
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