Bedia (Georgian: ბედია Abkhaz: Бедиа) is a village in the Tkvarcheli District of Abkhazia. As a result of the Georgian dispute over the sovereignty of Abkhazia, Georgia claims the village as part of its Gali Municipality. As of 2011, the village had a population of 288, of which 85.5% of them were ethnic Georgians and 13.6% were ethnic Abkhaz, with 2 others living in the village.[2]
Bedia
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Village | |
  Bedia  Bedia | |
| Coordinates: 42°43′34″N 41°38′35″E / 42.72611°N 41.64306°E | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Partially recognized independent country |  Abkhazia[1] |
| District | Tkvarcheli |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 288 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4 |
History
editAccording to the medieval Georgian Chronicles, Egros, son of Togarmah, inherited the land between the Likhi Range, Black Sea and upper Khazar River where he settled and found a city Egrisi, which is now called Bedia.
See also
editReferences
edit- "Georgian Chronicles" (in Georgian). Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ткуарчалский район 2011".
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