Armenians in Abkhazia

Armenians in Abkhazia
Total population
	41,907 (2011)
Regions with significant populations
	Sukhumi District, Gulripshi District, Gagra District
Languages
	Armenian
Religion
	Armenian Apostolic Church
Related ethnic groups
	Armenians in Georgia, Cherkesogai, Armenians in Russia

The Armenians in Abkhazia form the second largest ethnic group in Abkhazia after the native Abkhazians.^[1] Armenians settled in Abkhazia in late 19th and the early 20th centuries and are now the largest ethnic group in Sukhumi, Gulripshi and Gagra Districts forming 20% of the Abkhazian population with approximately 42,000 out of a total of 242,862.^[2]

^ Abkhazia Offers Citizenship to Diaspora. IWPR. CRS No. 314, 10-Nov-05; V.A. Chirikba. Armenians and their Dialects in Abkhazia. In: Evidence and Counter-Evidence, Festschrift Frederik Kortlandt, Volume 2, SSGL 33, Amsterdam – New York: Rodopi, p. 51-67.
^ "Georgia". Citypopulation. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-12-20.

[1] Abkhazia Offers Citizenship to Diaspora. IWPR. CRS No. 314, 10-Nov-05; V.A. Chirikba. Armenians and their Dialects in Abkhazia. In: Evidence and Counter-Evidence, Festschrift Frederik Kortlandt, Volume 2, SSGL 33, Amsterdam – New York: Rodopi, p. 51-67.

[2] "Georgia". Citypopulation. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-12-20.

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