Ochkhamuri
Encyclopedia
Ochkhamuri is an urban-type settlement
in Adjara
, Georgia
, with the population of around 5,000 as of 2002.
, at 12 m above sea level
. It is part of the Kobuleti Municipality
and is situated on the administrative boundary of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara with the rest of Georgia, specifically with the region
of Guria
.
collectivization campaign of the 1902s and 1930s made this otherwise non-notable village a part of a larger subtropical agricultural area. A tea kolkhoz
farm created at Ochkhamuri triggered an influx of migrants which significantly increased the settlement's population. In 1954, the village was given the status of an urban-type settlement (Georgian: daba). As of the Georgian census of 2002, Ochkhamuri had the population of 5,026.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
in Adjara
Adjara
Adjara , officially the Autonomous Republic of Adjara , is an autonomous republic of Georgia.Adjara is located in the southwestern corner of Georgia, bordered by Turkey to the south and the eastern end of the Black Sea...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, with the population of around 5,000 as of 2002.
Geography
Ochkhamuri is located on the banks of the homonymous riverOchkhamuri river
The Ochkhamuri river is a river in Adjara, Georgia, a left tributary to the Choloki. Its length is 21,4 km and the area of basin is 65,2 km.2 The townlet of the same name is located on the banks of the river....
, at 12 m above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
. It is part of the Kobuleti Municipality
Kobuleti District
Kobuleti is a district of Georgia, in the autonomous republic of Adjara. Its main town is Kobuleti.Population: 88,063 Area: 720 km²- External links :* , Statoids.com...
and is situated on the administrative boundary of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara with the rest of Georgia, specifically with the region
Mkhare
Mkhare is a subdivision in the country of Georgia. It is usually translated as region.The country is divided, according to the Presidential decrees from 1994 to 1996, into regions on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved...
of Guria
Guria
Guria is a region in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 143,357 and Ozurgeti is a regional capital.-Geography:...
.
History
The SovietSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
collectivization campaign of the 1902s and 1930s made this otherwise non-notable village a part of a larger subtropical agricultural area. A tea kolkhoz
Kolkhoz
A kolkhoz , plural kolkhozy, was a form of collective farming in the Soviet Union that existed along with state farms . The word is a contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство, or "collective farm", while sovkhoz is a contraction of советское хозяйство...
farm created at Ochkhamuri triggered an influx of migrants which significantly increased the settlement's population. In 1954, the village was given the status of an urban-type settlement (Georgian: daba). As of the Georgian census of 2002, Ochkhamuri had the population of 5,026.