Bzipi (village)

Bzipi ბზიფი(Georgian) Бзыҧ (Abkhaz)
Urban-type settlement and municipality
Location in Abkhazia
Bzipi Location in Georgia
Coordinates: 43°13′45″N 40°22′13″E / 43.2291666767°N 40.3702777878°ECoordinates: 43°13′45″N 40°22′13″E / 43.2291666767°N 40.3702777878°E
Country	Abkhazia,[note 1] Georgia
District	Gagra
Government
• Mayor	Tamaz Leiba[gcity 1]
• Deputy Mayor	Alla Grigolia[gcity 1]
Population (2011)
• Total	4,719
Time zone	MSK (UTC+3)

Bzipi (Georgian: ბზიფი, Abkhaz: Бзыҧ, Bzyph, Russian: Бзыбь or Бзыпта) is an urban-type settlement located in the Gagra district of Abkhazia,^{[note 1]} Georgia. Next to the river Bzipi. There is a 10th-century church, now in ruins and a medieval fortress nearby. The town became less important when the fortress was destroyed and the town passed into the control of the House of Inal-Ipa, which perhaps branched off around 1730 from the Abkhaz royal house the Chachba.

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Census, Bzipi had a population of 4,719. Of these, 54.7% were Abkhaz, 27.5% Armenians, 10.7% Russians, 3.7% Georgians, 0.9% Ukrainians and 0.3% Greeks^[1]

Notes

1. Abkhazia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider Abkhazia de jure a part of Georgia's territory. In Georgia's official subdivision it is an autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.

References

1. 2011 Census results

Gagra District Administration

1. "Администрация городов, сёл и посёлков Гагрского района". Gagra DistrictAdministration. Retrieved 28 May 2012.