Gal District

Gali District is one of the districts of Abkhazia. Its capital is , the town by the same name. The district is smaller than the eponymous one in the de jure subdivision of Georgia, as some of its former territory is now part of , formed by de facto Abkhaz authorities in 1995.
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  • Type: Region with 30,400 residents
  • Description: district of Abkhazia, Georgia
  • Also known as: “Gali District” and “Gali District, Abkhazia”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gali and Chuburkhinji.

Town
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is a town in , , 77 km southeast of . It is the center of District and was in the United Nations security zone prior to the Russian veto of the UNOMIG Mission in 2009. As of 2011 the town has a population of 7,605 inhabitants.

Village
is a village in the of , . As is the case in the rest of the district its population is almost exclusively Georgian.

Gal District

Latitude
42.5786° or 42° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
41.7093° or 41° 42′ 34″ east
Population
30,400
Open location code
8HJ3HPH5+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2055070872
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q620971
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Waray—“Gal District” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Гал араион”
  • Armenian: “Գալի շրջան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qali rayonu”
  • Belarusian: “Галскі раён”
  • Belarusian: “Галскі район”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Gali”
  • Cebuano: “Gali District”
  • Chinese: “加利区”
  • Chinese: “加利區”
  • Chuvash: “Гал районĕ”
  • Czech: “Okres Gali”
  • Dutch: “Gali”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Gali”
  • Estonian: “Gali rajoon”
  • Galician: “Distrito de Gali”
  • Georgian: “გალის რაიონი”
  • German: “Rajon Gal”
  • German: “Rajon Gali”
  • Hebrew: “גאלי”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז גאלי”
  • Hebrew: “נפת גאלי”
  • Hungarian: “Gali járás”
  • Italian: “Municipalità di Gali”
  • Japanese: “ガリ”
  • Japanese: “ガリ地区 (アブハジア)”
  • Japanese: “ガル地区”
  • Kabardian: “Гал къедзыгъуэ”
  • Minangkabau: “Distrik Gali, Abkhazia”
  • Ossetian: “Галы район”
  • Persian: “ناحیه گالی (آبخازیا)”
  • Persian: “ناحیه گالی”
  • Polish: “Rejon Gal”
  • Polish: “rejon Gali”
  • Russian: “Галский район”
  • Russian: “Гальский район”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Gali”
  • Swedish: “Gali”
  • Tamil: “காலி மாவட்டம், அப்காசியா”
  • Tatar: “Гал районы”
  • Turkish: “Gali rayonu”
  • Turkish: “Gali”
  • Ukrainian: “Галський район”
  • Ukrainian: “Гальський район”
  • Urdu: “گالی ضلع، ابخازيا”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gali”

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