Ochamchira District

Ochamchira District

ოჩამჩირის რაიონი
Очамчыра араион
Очамчырский район
Ochamchira District ოჩამჩირის რაიონი; Очамчыра араион; Очамчырский район
District
	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
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.

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 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

[1] 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 as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.

[2] 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.

[census-3] 1989, 2003 Census results

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