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Abkhazia,[note 1] Georgia District Gagra  • Mayor[note 2]
Grigori Enik(separatist)  Gagra (Abkhaz and Russian: Гагра;
Georgian: გაგრა) is a town in Abkhazia,[note 1] sprawling for
5 km on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the
Caucasus Mountains. Its subtropical climate made Gagra a popular
health resort in Imperial Russian and Soviet times.  It had a
population of 26,636 in 1989, but this has fallen considerably
due to the ethnic cleansing of Georgians and other demographic
shifts in the Georgian -Abkhaz war of 1992-1993.  Gagra is the
centre of the district of the same name. It is located in the
western part of Region of Abkhazia, and river Psou serves as a
border with Krasnodar Kray of Russia.   According to the
Georgian scholars, Gagra is derived from Gakra meaning walnut in
the Svan language.[1] According to the So