Bedia (village)

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
Georgian: ბედია, Abkhaz: Бедиа
Village
Bedia
Bedia
Coordinates: 42°43′34″N 41°38′35″E
Country Georgia
Partially recognized
independent country		 Abkhazia[1]
DistrictTkvarcheli
Population
 (2011)
 • Total288
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4

History

According 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

References
  • "Georgian Chronicles" (in Georgian). Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  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 recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
  2. "Ткуарчалский район 2011".
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