Gulripshi Explained

Gulripshi
Native Name:Abkhazian: Гәылрыҧшь, Georgian: გულრიფში
Settlement Type:Urban Type Settlement
Pushpin Map:Abkhazia Gulripshi#Abkhazia#Georgia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Partially recognized
independent country
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Gulripshi
Population Total:3910[1]
Population As Of:2011
Elevation M:20
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+3
Utc Offset Dst:+4
Coordinates:42.9314°N 41.1061°W

Gulripshi (Abkhazian: Гәылрыҧшь, Gwylryphsh; Georgian: გულრიფში, in Georgian pronounced as /ˈɡuɫɾipʰʃi/; Russian: Гульрыпш, Gulrypsh) is an urban settlement in Abkhazia. It is located 12 km from Sukhumi, and is the capital of Gulripshi District.

Nikolay Smetskoy built three sanatoria in Gulripshi between 1902 and 1913 for patients with pulmonary diseases and founded several parks with subtropical plants.[2] After the Russian Revolution the sanatoria were nationalised.

Climate

Gulripshi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa).

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/gulripsh11.html
  2. "Наше Наследие" № 63-64 2002. Творец зеленой Третьяковки