Ochamchira District
ოჩამჩირის რაიონი Очамчыра араион Очамчырский район | |
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 Mokvi Cathedral in the village of Mokvi | |
 Location of Ochamchira district in Abkhazia | |
| Coordinates: 42°51′29″N 41°26′46″E / 42.8581°N 41.4461°E | |
| Country | Georgia |
| De facto state | Abkhazia[1] |
| Capital | Ochamchire |
| Government | |
| • Administration Head | Khrips Jopua |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,808 km2 (698 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 24,868 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Area differs from the administrative division of Georgia.[2] | |
Ochamchira District is a district of the partially recognised Abkhazia. Its capital is Ochamchire, the town by the same name. The district is smaller than the Ochamchire district in the de jure subdivision of Georgia, as some of its former territory is now part of Tkvarcheli District, formed by de facto Abkhaz authorities in 1995. The population of the Ochamchira district is 24,629 according to the 2003 census.[3] Until the August 2008 Battle of the Kodori Valley, some mountainous parts of the district were still under Georgian control, as part of Upper Abkhazia.
- ^ 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.
- ^ In the administrative division of Georgia, Ochamchira district has an area of 1,868 km2, but this includes most of Tkvarcheli District and on the other hand does not include part of Gali district.
- ^ 1989, 2003 Census results