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Merkheuli Мархьаул, მერხეული
Village
MerkheuliShow map of Gulripshi DistrictMerkheuliShow map of AbkhaziaMerkheuliShow map of Georgia
Coordinates: 42°59′31″N 41°09′51″E / 42.991825°N 41.164296°E / 42.991825; 41.164296
Country	Georgia
Partially recognized independent country	Abkhazia
District	Gulripshi
Population
• Total	839
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4

Merkheuli (Abkhaz: Мархьаул; Georgian: მერხეული [meɾχeuli]; Armenian: Մերխեուլ) is a village in Abkhazia, Georgia. A 2011 census recorded a population of 839 people.

History

Fragments of Greek pottery, date back to the 6th century BC, have been found in the village.

Merkheuli was established in 1879.

Following the Armenian genocide, many Armenians resettled in Merkheuli, eventually becoming the majority ethnicity in the town.

Notable people

Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the NKVD from 1938 to 1945, was born in Merkheuli in 1899.

Population

Climate

Merkheuli has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa.)

See also

• Gulripshi District
• Merkheuli Palace

Note

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

References

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 de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
2. Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and its Hinterland in Antiquity, Gocha R. Tsetskhladze and Sümer Atasoy, p.27
3. "Московская Абхазская Диаспора". abkhazmoscow.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03.
4. "Гулрыпшский район 2011".
5. "Climate: Merkheuli". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

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v t e Administrative divisions of Abkhazia
Districts	Gagra Gali Gudauta Gulripshi Ochamchira Sukhumi Tkvarcheli
Cities	Sukhumi
Towns	Gagra Gali Gudauta New Athos Ochamchire Pitsunda Tkvarcheli
Other settlements	Adzyubzha Agubedia Avadhara Baslakhuba Bedia Bzyb Chkhalta Chuburkhindji Gulripshi Guma Ghvada Leselidze Ilori Kochara Kvemo Barghebi Labra Lykhny Myussera Pskhu Salme Gantiadi Merkheuli Mokvi
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