Gudauta District

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Gudauta District
გუდაუთის რაიონი
Гәдоуҭа араион
Гудаутский район
District
Anacopia Tower.jpg
Ruins of Anacopia on the Iverian Mountain
Gudauta District
Location of Gudauta District in Abkhazia (de facto bordering)
Coordinates: 43°15′47″N40°37′48″E / 43.26306°N 40.63000°E / 43.26306; 40.63000
Country Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
De Facto state Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia [1]
Capital Gudauta
Government
 • Governor (de facto) Ruslan Ladaria
Area
 • Total1,640 km2 (630 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total38,524 [2]
 • Density23.5/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK)

Gudauta District is a district of Abkhazia, Georgia's breakaway republic. It corresponds to the eponymous Georgian district. Its capital is Gudauta, the town by the same name. The population of the district was 34,869 at the time of the 2003 census, down from 57,334 in 1989. [3] By the time of the 2011 Census, the population had increased to 36,775. [4]

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Administration

Lev Shamba was reappointed as Administration Head on 10 May 2001 following the March 2001 local elections. [5]

On 16 June 2003, President Ardzinba assented to Shamba's request for dismissal and replaced him with First Deputy Minister for Education Beslan Dbar. [6]

On 29 March 2005, newly elected President Sergei Bagapsh replaced Beslan Dbar as the Head of Gudauta's Administration by Daur Vozba. [7] During the February 2011 assembly elections, Daur Vozba failed to be re-elected by a margin of 92 votes. [8] Sergei Bagapsh appointed Valeri Malia as his successor on 23 February. [9] On 17 February, during its first session, the new Gudauta District assembly elected Roman Bazba its chairman, with 22 out of 29 votes, and Fyodor Sakania its Deputy Chairman. [10]

On 1 November 2011, Abkhazia's Prosecutor General announced that he had initiated criminal proceedings against former Administration Head Daur Vozba, for abuse of power. Vozba is alleged to have signed a decree on 11 August 2006, handing over two most valuable plots of coastal land to two individuals, which would have required authorisation by the Cabinet of Ministers. [11]

Following the May 2014 Revolution and the election of Raul Khajimba as President, on 23 September 2014 he replaced Malia as Administration Head with Ruslan Ladaria. [12]

List of Administration Heads

#NameEntered officeLeft officePresidentComments
Chairmen of the (Executive Committee of the) District Soviet:
Said Tarkil 1982 [13] 1987 [13]
I. Lakoba<=1989>=1989
Heads of the District Administration:
Said Tarkil 1994 [13] 26 November 1994
26 November 19941999 [13] Vladislav Ardzinba
Lev Shamba 1999 [14] 16 June 2003 [6]
Beslan Dbar 16 June 2003 [6] 29 March 2005 [7]
Daur Vozba 29 March 2005 [7] 23 February 2011 Sergei Bagapsh
Valeri Malia 23 February 2011 [9] 26 September 2011
26 September 20111 June 2014 Alexander Ankvab
1 June 201423 October 2014 [12] Valeri Bganba
Ruslan Ladaria 23 October 2014 [12] Present Raul Khajimba

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Census, Gudauta District had a population of 36,775: [4]

Settlements

The district's main settlements are:

Twin regions

On 20 September 2013, Gudauta District signed a Friendship and Partnership Agreement with Kstovsky District. [15]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
  2. ↑ "Государственный комитет Республики Абхазия по статистике".
  3. ↑ 1989, 2003 Census results
  4. 1 2 2011 Census results
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