Gulripshi

Gulripshi (Georgian: გულრიფში, [gulripʰʃi] (listen); Abkhazian: Гәылрыҧшь, Gwylryphsh; Russian: Гульрыпш, Gulrypsh) is an urban settlement in Abkhazia.[Note 1] It is located 12 km from Sukhumi, and is the capital of Gulripshi district.

Gulripshi

გულრიფში, Гәылрыҧшь
Urban Type Settlement
Gulripshi
Gulripshi
Gulripshi
Coordinates: 42.931418°N 41.106128°E / 42.931418; 41.106128
Country Abkhazia (de facto)
 Georgia (de jure)
DistrictGulripshi District
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,910[1]

Nikolay Smetskoy built three sanatoria in Gulripsh between 1902 and 1913 for patients with pulmonary diseases and founded several parks with subtropical plants.[2] After the Russian Revolution the sanatoria were nationalised.

Climate

Gulripshi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa).

Climate data for Gulripshi
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 5.7
(42.3)		 6.3
(43.3)		 9.3
(48.7)		 12.6
(54.7)		 17.1
(62.8)		 20.7
(69.3)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.9
(75.0)		 20.6
(69.1)		 16.7
(62.1)		 11.9
(53.4)		 8.2
(46.8)		 14.7
(58.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 126
(5.0)		 107
(4.2)		 118
(4.6)		 124
(4.9)		 97
(3.8)		 122
(4.8)		 117
(4.6)		 132
(5.2)		 136
(5.4)		 137
(5.4)		 140
(5.5)		 151
(5.9)		 1,507
(59.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]
Smetskoy's sanatorium (postcard)

See also

References
  1. Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory and designates it as a territory occupied by Russia. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.
  1. http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/gulripsh11.html (in Russian)
  2. "Наше Наследие" № 63-64 2002. Творец зеленой Третьяковки (in Russian)
  3. "Climate: Gulripshi". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
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