Merkheuli
Village in Abkhazia, Georgia
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History
Fragments of Greek pottery dating back to the 6th century BC have been found in the village.[2]
Merkheuli was established in 1879.[3]
Following the Armenian genocide, many Armenians resettled in Merkheuli, eventually becoming the majority ethnicity in the town.
Notable people
Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the NKVD from 1938 to 1945, was born in Merkheuli in 1899.
Population
| Year of census | Population | Ethnic composition |
|---|---|---|
| 1886[citation needed] | 466 | Russians (61.4%), Georgians (32.2%), Abkhazians (4.3%) |
| 1926[citation needed] | 3,827 | Georgians (47.3%), Armenians (15.8%), Russians and Ukrainians (9.2%), Abkhazians (4.3%) |
| 1959[citation needed] | 3,076 | Georgians, Armenians, Russians, Abkhazians (no specified percentages) |
| 1989[citation needed] | 3,939 | Georgians, Armenians, Abkhazians (no specified percentages) |
| 2011[4] | 839 | Armenians (76.3%), Georgians (9.4%), Abkhazians (8.6%), Russians (4.4%) |
Climate
Merkheuli has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa.)
| Climate data for Merkheuli | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.5 (52.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
14.3 (57.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 119 (4.7) |
104 (4.1) |
114 (4.5) |
122 (4.8) |
97 (3.8) |
123 (4.8) |
117 (4.6) |
131 (5.2) |
132 (5.2) |
131 (5.2) |
134 (5.3) |
143 (5.6) |
1,467 (57.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
See also
Note
- 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 de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
