Merkheuli
Merkheuli (Abkhazian: Мархьаул; Georgian: მერხეული [mɛrxɛuli]) is a village in Abkhazia.[Note 1] A 2011 census recorded a population of 839 people.
Merkheuli Мархьаул, მერხეული | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Merkheuli  Merkheuli  Merkheuli | |
| Coordinates: 42.991825°N 41.164296°E | |
| Country | Abkhazia (de facto) Georgia (de jure) |
| District | Gulripshi District |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 839 |
History
Merkheuli was established in 1879.[1]
Following the Armenian Genocide, many Armenians resettled in the town and they became the majority of the town's population.
Notable people
Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the NKVD from 1938 to 1945, was born in Merkheuli in 1899.
Population
| Year of census | Population | Ethnic composition |
|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 466 | Russians (61.4%), Georgians (32.2%), Abkhazians (4.3%) |
| 1926 | 3,827 | Georgians (47.3%), Armenians (15.8%), Russians and Ukrainians (9.2%), Abkhazians (4.3%) |
| 1959 | 3,076 | Georgians, Armenians, Russians, Abkhazians (no specified percentages) |
| 1989 | 3,939 | Georgians, Armenians, Abkhazians (no specified percentages) |
| 2011[2] | 839 | Armenians (76.3%), Georgians (9.4%), Abkhazians (8.6%), Russians (4.4%) |
Climate
Merkheuli has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa.)
| Climate data for Merkheuli | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.5 (52.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
14.3 (57.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 119 (4.7) |
104 (4.1) |
114 (4.5) |
122 (4.8) |
97 (3.8) |
123 (4.8) |
117 (4.6) |
131 (5.2) |
132 (5.2) |
131 (5.2) |
134 (5.3) |
143 (5.6) |
1,467 (57.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
Note
- Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and 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formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which have subsequently withdrawn their recognition.
References
- http://abkhazmoscow.ru/en/ob-abkhazii/historydate.php
- http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/gulripsh11.html
- "Climate: Merkheuli". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.