Bzyb
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Urban-type settlement and municipality | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Bzyb.svg) Location in Abkhazia | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Georgia.png)  Bzyb Location in Georgia &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Abkhazia_Relief_Map.png) Bzyb Location in Abkhazia | |
| Coordinates: 43°13′45″N 40°22′13″E / 43.2291666767°N 40.3702777878°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Partially recognized independent country |  Abkhazia[1] |
| District | Gagra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tamaz Leiba[gcity 1] |
| • Deputy Mayor | Alla Grigolia[gcity 1] |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,719 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Climate | Cfa |
Bzyb (Abkhaz: Бзыԥ, Bzyph, Georgian: ბზიფი, Bzipi, Russian: Бзыбь or Бзыпта) is an urban-type settlement located in the Gagra District of Abkhazia,[note 1] Georgia. Next to the river Bzyb. There is a 9th-10th-century church, now in ruins and a medieval fortress nearby.[citation needed] The town became less important when the fortress was destroyed and the town passed into the control of the clan of Inal-Ipa, which perhaps branched off around 1730 from Abkhazia's princely house, the Shervashidze.[citation needed]
- ^ 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.
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