Ochkhamuri Explained

Official Name:Ochkhamuri
Native Name:ოჩხამური
Native Name Lang:geo
Settlement Type:Borough
Pushpin Map:Georgia#Georgia Adjara
Mapsize:280px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous Republic
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Kobuleti
Established Title:Town from
Established Date:1954
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:5,355
Timezone:Georgian Time
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:41.8553°N 41.8361°W
Elevation M:12

Ochkhamuri (Georgian: ოჩხამური in Georgian pronounced as /otʃʰχamuɾi/) is a small town (daba) on the Ochkhamuri river in Adjara, Georgia, with the population of 5,355 as of the Georgian census of 2014.

Geography

Ochkhamuri is located on the banks of the Ochkhamuri river, at 12 m above sea level. It is part of the Kobuleti Municipality and is situated on the administrative boundary of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara with the rest of Georgia, specifically with the region of Guria.

History

The Soviet collectivization campaign of the 1920s and 1930s made this otherwise non-notable village a part of a larger subtropical agricultural area. A tea kolkhoz farm created at Ochkhamuri triggered an influx of migrants which significantly increased the settlement's population.[1] In 1954, the village was given the status of an urban-type settlement (Georgian: daba).[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Jaoshvili, Vakhtang (1968), Население Грузии ("The Population of Georgia"), p. 121. Tbilisi: Metsniereba
  2. Results of all-Georgia census of 2002: Table 15. State Department for Statistics of Georgia. Accessed on April 3, 2011