Bedia (village)

Bedia Georgian: ბედია, Abkhazian: Бедиа
Village
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Coordinates: 42°43′34″N 41°38′35″E / 42.726°N 41.643°E / 42.726; 41.643Coordinates: 42°43′34″N 41°38′35″E / 42.726°N 41.643°E / 42.726; 41.643
Country	Abkhazia (de facto)  Georgia (de jure)
District	Tkvarcheli District
Population  (2011)
• Total	288

Bedia (Georgian: ბედია Abkhazian: Бедиа) is a village in the Tkvarcheli District of Abkhazia. As a result of the Georgian dispute over the sovereignty of Abkhazia, Georgia claims the village as part of its Gali Municipality. As of 2011, the village had a population of 288, of which 85.5% of them were ethnic Georgians and 13.6% were ethnic Abkhaz, with 2 others living in the village.^[1]

History[]

According to the medieval Georgian Chronicles, Egros, son of Togarmah, inherited the land between the Likhi Range, Black Sea and upper where he settled and found a city Egrisi, which is now called Bedia.

See also[]

• Bedia Cathedral

References[]

• "Georgian Chronicles" (in Georgian). Retrieved 2009-09-25.

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