Tskhumi

Sokhumi Аҟәа  (Abkhaz) სოხუმი  (Georgian)
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Coordinates: 43°00′12″N 41°00′55″E / 43.00333°N 41.01528°E / 43.00333; 41.01528
Country	Georgia
Partially recognized state	Abkhazia
Settled	6th century BC
City Status	1848
Government
• Mayor	Adgur Kharazia
Area
• Total	27 km2 (10 sq mi)
Highest elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Lowest elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	62,914
Time zone	MSK (UTC+4)
Postal code	384900
Area code	+7 840 22x-xx-xx
Vehicle registration	ABH

Sokhumi or Sukhumi (Abkhazian: Аҟәа, Aqwa; Georgian: სოხუმი, [sɔxumi] ( listen); Russian: Сухум(и), Sukhum(i)) is a city on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia which has controlled it since the 1992-93 war in Abkhazia, although most of the international community considers it legally part of Georgia.

Sukhumi's history can be traced back to the 6th century BC, when it was settled by Greeks, who named it Dioscurias. During this time and the subsequent Roman period, much of the city disappeared under the Black Sea. The city was named Tskhumi when it became part of the Kingdom of Abkhazia. Contested by local princes, it became part of the Ottoman Empire in the 1570s, where it remained until it was conquered by the Russian Empire in 1810. Following a period of conflict during the Russian Civil War, it became part of the Soviet Union, where it was regarded as a holiday resort. As the Soviet Union broke up in the early 1990s, the city suffered significant damage during the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict. The present-day population of 60,000 is only half of the population living there towards the end of Soviet rule.