Gulripshi

Gulripshi (, ; , Gwylryphsh; , Gulrypsh) is an urban settlement in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. It is located 12 km from Sokhumi, and is the capital of Gulripshi District.

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Locality: Гәылрыԥшь
Region: აფხაზეთის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა - Аԥснытәи Автономтә Республика
Country: Абхазия - Аԥсны
Population: 3,797

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Gulripshi
Settlement.native_name: ,
Settlement.settlement_type: Urban Type Settlement
Settlement.pushpin_map: Georgia#Georgia Abkhazia#Gulripshi
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Georgia, Abkhasia, Gulripshi, Гулрыпш - Нижний корпус дворца Смецкого WMID9536547.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The abandoned Lower Building of Gulripshi's Smetskoy Sanatorium, built by Nikolay Smetskoy.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country (de jure)
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Country (de facto)
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gulripshi
Settlement.population_total: 3910
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.elevation_m: 20
Settlement.timezone: MSK
Settlement.utc_offset: +3
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +4

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Wikidata facts

Official name: გულრიფში
Country: Republic of Abkhazia
Located in: Gulripsh District
Population: 3906
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Capital of: Gulripshi Municipality
Image: Gulripshi, Abkhazeti, Georgia — Ruins of residential building.jpg
Licence plate code: ABH

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native label: გულრიფში
Commons category: Gulripshi
postal code: 7000

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Gulripshi (, ; , Gwylryphsh; , Gulrypsh) is an urban settlement in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. It is located 12 km from Sokhumi, and is the capital of Gulripshi District.

== History == Nikolay Smetskoy built three sanatoria in Gulripshi between 1902 and 1913 for patients with pulmonary diseases and founded several parks with subtropical plants. After the Russian Revolution, the sanatoria were nationalised.

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