Apkhazeti

Republic of Abkhazia Аҧсны Аҳәынҭқарра (Abkhaz) Aphsny Axwynthkharra Республика Абхазия (Russian) Respublika Abkhaziya
Flag Emblem
Anthem: Аиааира (Abkhaz) Aiaaira Victory
Map centered on the Caucasus indicating Abkhazia (orange) and Georgia proper and South Ossetia (grey).
Capital and largest city	Sukhumi 43°00′N 40°59′E / 43.000°N 40.983°E / 43.000; 40.983
Official languages	Abkhaz Russiana
Spoken languages	Georgian Mingrelian Svan Armenian
Demonym	Abkhaz Abkhazian
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic
• President	Raul Khajimba
• Prime Minister	Gennadi Gagulia
Legislature	People's Assembly (de facto)
Partially recognised independence from Georgia
• Georgian annulment of Soviet-era laws and treaties	20 June 1990
• Abkhazian declaration of sovereigntyb	25 August 1990
• Georgian declaration of independence	9 April 1991
• Dissolution of the Soviet Union	26 December 1991
• Abkhazian declaration of Independence	23 July 1992
• Act of state independencec	12 October 1999
• First international recognitiond	26 August 2008
Area
• Total	8,660 km2 (3,340 sq mi)
Population
• 2015 estimate	243,206
• 2011 census	240,705
• Density	28/km2 (72.5/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$500 million
Currency	Abkhazian apsar Russian rublee (RUB)
Time zone	GET (UTC+4)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+7 840 / 940 and +995 44
ISO 3166 code	GE-AB
() guarantees the right to use their mother tongue for all ethnic groups. Annulled by Georgia immediately thereafter. To establish, retroactively, de jure independence since the 1992–1993 war. 5 UN member states recognize Abkhazia's independence. De facto currency. Several Abkhazian apsar commemorative coins have been issued. The apsar is on a fixed exchange rate, pegged to the Russian ruble (1 ruble = 0.10 apsar).

Abkhazia (Abkhazian: Аҧсны́ Apsny [apʰsˈnɨ]; Georgian: აფხაზეთი Apkhazeti [ɑpʰxɑzɛtʰi]; Russian: Абха́зия, tr. Abkhа́ziya, IPA: [ɐpˈxazʲɪjə]) is a territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, south of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in northwestern Georgia. It covers 8,660 square kilometres (3,340 sq mi) and has a population of around 240,000. Its capital is Sukhumi. The separatist Abkhazian polity, formally the Republic of Abkhazia, is recognised as a state only by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru, and Syria. While Georgia lacks control over Abkhazia, the Georgian government, the United Nations and the majority of the world's governments consider Abkhazia part of Georgia, whose constitution designates the area as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.