Gulripshi
Гәылрыҧшь, გულრიფში | |
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Urban Type Settlement | |
  Gulripshi  Gulripshi  Gulripshi | |
| Coordinates: 42°55′53″N 41°06′22″E / 42.931418°N 41.106128°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Partially recognized independent country |  Abkhazia[1] |
| District | Gulripshi |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,910[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4 |
Gulripshi (Abkhaz: Гәылрыҧшь, Gwylryphsh; Georgian: გულრიფში, [ˈɡuɫɾipʰʃi] ; Russian: Гульрыпш, Gulrypsh) is an urban settlement in Abkhazia.[Note 1] It is located 12 km from Sukhumi, and is the capital of Gulripshi District.
Nikolay Smetskoy built three sanatoria in Gulripshi between 1902 and 1913 for patients with pulmonary diseases and founded several parks with subtropical plants.[3] After the Russian Revolution the sanatoria were nationalised.
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Наше Наследие" № 63-64 2002. Творец зеленой Третьяковки (in Russian)
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