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Machara
მაჭარა, Мачара, Մաճարա | |
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Village | |
  Machara Location of Machara in Abkhazia  Machara Machara (Abkhazia)  Machara Machara (Gulripshi District) | |
| Coordinates: 42°56′39″N 41°5′21″E / 42.94417°N 41.08917°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Partially recognized independent country |  Abkhazia[1] |
| District | Gulripshi |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,640[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4 |
Machara (Georgian: მაჭარა; Abkhaz: Мачара Armenian: Մաճարա) is a village in the Gulripshi District of Abkhazia.[3] It is located on the Black Sea coast on the Machara River around 8km east from the capital Sukhum and around 2km from the district centre of Gulrypsh.
Demographics
[edit]At the time of the 2011 census, the village of Machara had a population of 2,640. Of these, 66.8% were Armenian, 23.7% Abkhaz, 6.5% Russian, 1.0% Georgian, 0.8% Greek and 0.3% Ukrainian. Due to the efforts on the State Committee of Repatriation of the Abkhazian Government, the Abkhaz population in the village has been increasing in recent years due to the resettlement of repatriate families of the Abkhazian Diaspora (Usually from Turkey and Syria). In 2024 and 2025, 48 Repatriated members of the Abkhaz Diaspora received keys to new apartments in the village of Machara.[4][5] In the village of Machara this has been occurring since at least 2012, with on the 30 May 2012, 37 repatriated members of the Abkhaz diaspora and their families received restored apartments in Machara. Most of these apartments have went to repatriates from Turkey, Syria as well as small numbers from Karachay-Cherkessia and Adjara.[6]
The village of Machara held the republican congress of the Armenian Community of Abkhazia on February the 19th 2026, this congress was attended by 249 delegates from all over Abkhazia as well as President Badra Gunba, Members of Parliament and the Head of the Gulripsh district. During this congress, Alik Minosyan was unanimously re-elected as head of the Armenian Community of Abkhazia, which he has been in the position since 2023. [7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/gulripsh11.html (in Russian)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ pressadmin-4. "24 репатрианта получили ключи от новых квартир в селе Мачара". apsnypress.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ pressadmin-1. "24 семьи репатриантов получили ключи от новых квартир". apsnypress.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "37 абхазских репатриантов получили ключи от квартир в доме, восстановленном за счет государства в селе Мачара Гульрипшского района". Apsnypress. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ pressadmin-1. "Алик Минасян вновь избран председателем Армянской общины Абхазии". apsnypress.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Armenian Community Reaffirms Commitment to Separatist Abkhazia’s De-Facto Independence". Caucasus Watch. 2026-02-24. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
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