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Armenians in Abkhazia
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 41,907 (2011)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sukhumi District, Gulripshi District, Gagra District | |
| Languages | |
| Armenian (Eastern) | |
| Religion | |
| Armenian Apostolic Church | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Armenians in Georgia, Cherkesogai, Armenians in Russia |
The Armenians in Abkhazia form the second largest ethnic group in Abkhazia after the native Abkhazians.[2] Armenians settled in Abkhazia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and are now the largest ethnic group in Sukhumi, Gulripshi and Gagra Districts forming 20% of the Abkhazian population with approximately 42,000 out of a total of 242,862.[3]
- ^ "Population of Abkhazia". www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ Georgia Offers Citizenship to Diaspora. IWPR. CRS No. 314, 10-Nov-05; V.A. Chirikba. Armenians and their Dialects in Abkhazia. In: Evidence and Counter-Evidence, Festschrift Frederik Kortlandt, Volume 2, SSGL 33, Amsterdam – New York: Rodopi, p. 51-67.
- ^ "Georgia". Citypopulation. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
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