Abari

Abari
აბარი
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Abari is located in Georgia
Abari
Abari
Location in Georgia
Abari is located in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
Abari
Abari
Abari (Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti)
Coordinates: 42°36′55″N 43°15′50″E / 42.61528°N 43.26389°E / 42.61528; 43.26389
Country Georgia
RegionRacha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
MunicipalityAmbrolauri
Elevation
880 m (2,890 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
122
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Abari (Georgian: აბარი) is a village in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, Georgia. It is part of the Likheti commune, Ambrolauri municipality, with the population of 122, mostly (99.2%) ethnic Georgians, as of the 2014 census.[1][2]

Abari is located on the right bank of the Lukhuni river, a right tributary of the Rioni, on the southern foothills of the Lechkhumi Range, 17 km. northeast of the town of Ambrolauri.

The population of Abari is dominated by two surnames: Lobzhanidze and Japaridze.[3] According to local tradition, the village was founded by a man surnamed Lobzhanidze from the Ghebi in the northernmost part of Racha in the 18th century.[4] The Japaridze descend from a priest sent to Abari in the 19th century.[3] Since the Soviet period, the families in Abari have used rural-urban migration to access the different resources provided by the village and the city.[5]

References

  1. ^ "მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერა 2014". საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური. November 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ^ Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014
  3. ^ a b Dragadze 1988, p. 4
  4. ^ Dragadze 1988, p. 3
  5. ^ Dragadze 1988, pp. 53–56

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