Abkhazia

Abkhazia (Abkhaz ?????/Aphsny, Georgian ????????/Apkhazeti, Russian ????????/Abkhazia) is a region of 8,600 km² (3,300 sq.mi.) in the Caucasus. It is formally an autonomous republic within Georgia but is de facto independent, although not recognised as such internationally. The capital is Sukhum (Sokhumi)2.

Footnotes

1 Abkhazia. Wikipedia. Mar. 3, 2004. This particulate quote is due to .

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2 Some Abkhazians prefer to pronounce the name of their capital without the "i" at the end - Sukhum, as the "i" at the end of the nominative nouns comes from the Georgian language.

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