Eshera

Eshera
ეშერა, Ешыра, Эшера
Village

Location in Abkhazia
Eshera
Location in Georgia
Coordinates: 43°2′26″N 40°56′9″E / 43.04056°N 40.93583°E / 43.04056; 40.93583Coordinates: 43°2′26″N 40°56′9″E / 43.04056°N 40.93583°E / 43.04056; 40.93583
Country Georgia (Abkhazia[1])
District Sukhumi
Elevation 30 m (100 ft)
Time zone UTC+4 (GET)

Eshera (Georgian: ეშერა; Abkhazian: Ешыра; Russian: Эшера) is a village in the Sukhumi district in Abkhazia,[1] Georgia. It is a climatic-balneotherapeutic resort on the Black Sea coast, at the right side of Gumista river. Its altitude above sea level is around 30 m, the distance to Sukhumi is 16 km. Once a part of the Abkhazian ASSR of the Georgian SSR, Eshera is controlled by the de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia since 1993.

The Abkhaz Census of 2011 reported that Eshera had a population of 2,141. The ethnic makeup was 40.9% Abkhaz, 40.8% Armenians and 10.9% Russians. Other minorities included Georgians (1.9%), Ukrainians (1.2%) and Greeks (0.6%).[2]

Vladislav Ardzinba was born in Eshera.

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  1. 1 2 Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 2 of which have subsequently withdrawn their recognition.
  2. ↑ http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/suxum11.html
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