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