Gulripshi
Urban Type Settlement in Abkhazia, Georgia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gulripshi (Abkhaz: Гәылрыҧшь, Gwylryphsh; Georgian: გულრიფში, [ˈɡuɫɾipʰʃi] ⓘ; Russian: Гульрыпш, Gulrypsh) is an urban settlement in Abkhazia.[Note 1] It is located 12 km from Sukhumi, and is the capital of Gulripshi District.
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Gulripshi
Гәылрыҧшь, გულრიფში | |
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Urban Type Settlement | |
Coordinates: 42.931418°N 41.106128°E / 42.931418; 41.106128 | |
Country | Georgia |
Partially recognized independent country | Abkhazia[1] |
District | Gulripshi |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,910[2] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+4 |
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Nikolay Smetskoy built three sanatoria in Gulripshi between 1902 and 1913 for patients with pulmonary diseases and founded several parks with subtropical plants.[3] After the Russian Revolution the sanatoria were nationalised.