Machara

Village in Abkhazia, Georgia

Machara Мачара, მაჭარა
Village
42°56′39″N 41°5′21″E / 42.94417°N 41.08917°E / 42.94417; 41.08917
Country	Georgia
Partially recognized independent country	Abkhazia^[1]
District	Gulripshi
Population (2011)
• Total	2,640^[2]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4

Machara (Abkhaz: Мачара; Georgian: მაჭარა) is a village in the Gulripshi District of Abkhazia.^[3] On 30 May 2012, 37 repatriated members of the Abkhaz diaspora and their families received restored apartments in Machara.^[4]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Machara had a population of 2,640. Of these, 66.8% were Armenian, 23.7% Abkhaz, 6.5% Russian, 1.0% Georgian, 0.8% Greek and 0.3% Ukrainian.

References

^ 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)
^ 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.
^ "37 абхазских репатриантов получили ключи от квартир в доме, восстановленном за счет государства в селе Мачара Гульрипшского района". Apsnypress. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.