Gurie
Gurie Region გურიის მხარე Guriis Mkhare | |
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Kintra | ![]() |
Caipital | Ozurgeti |
Destricts | 3 |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Giorgi Urushadze |
Area | |
• Total | 2033 km2 (785 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 113,350 |
• Density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+4 |
ISO 3166 code | GE-GU |
Gurie (Georgie: გურია) is a region (mkhare) in Georgie, in the wastren pairt o the kintra, bordered bi the eastren end o the Black Sea. The region haes a population o 113,350 (2014)[1] an Ozurgeti is a regional caipital.
Geography
Guria is bordered bi Samegrelo tae the north-wast, Imereti tae the north, Samtskhe-Javakheti tae the east, Ajaria tae the sooth, an the Black Sea tae the wast. The province haes an aurie o 2,033 km².
Guria is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.
Guria consists o three admeenistrative destricts:
Oreegin o the name "Guria"
As for the etymology o the name o Guria, some say that the ruit o the wird refers tae restlessness an the wird shoud mean “the land o the restless” an mey be associatit wi events durin the aicht an nint centuries when “Leon became the Keeng o Abkhazeti, Guruls refused tae obey the ruler o Odzrakho, ceased their vassal relations wi Adarnase an Ashot Bagrationi an unitit wi Leon” as it wis describit in Vakhushti Bagrationi’s historical wirks o the aichteent century.
Accordin tae a later explanation, in the times o Georgie’s prosperity, when its borders stretched frae “Nikopsia tae Daruband”, Gurie wis situatit in the hert o the Georgie territory. The linguistic evidence for the abuin hypothesis is the Megrelian for “heart” – “guri”.
Economy
Subtropic fermin an tourism is a mainstay o the region’s economy. Watter is ane o the Gurie’s main assets. The province is famous for the mineral watter o Nabeglavi, which is seemilar tae Borjomi in its chemical composition an the Black Sea heal resort o Ureki rich in magnetic sand. Guria is an aw ane o the lairgest tea growin regions in Georgie. [1] Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
Demographics
Gurians (Gurulebi) are ethnic Georgies who speak a local dialect o the Georgie leid.
Notables
- Gabriel Kikodze, the Bishop o Imereti (nineteent century).
- Ekvtime Takaishvili (1862-1952), historian.
- Kalistrate, the Catholicos-Patriarch o Aw Georgie frae 1932 tae 1952.
- Noe Zhordania, Prime Meenister o the Democratic Republic o Georgie frae 1918 tae 1921.
- Pavle Ingorokva (1893-1990), historian, philologist, an public benefactor.
- Eduard Shevardnadze, 2nt Preses o Georgie.
- Nodar Dumbadze, Writer.
- Zviad Kvachantiradze, (b. 1965) diplomat.
References
- ↑ "მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერა 2014". საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური. ნოემბერი 2014. Retrieved 26 ივლისი 2016. Check date values in:
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Coordinates: 41°58′N 42°12′E / 41.967°N 42.200°E