Georgia
Abkhazia
Gudauta District

New Athos

New Athos or Akhali Atoni is a town in the Gudauta Municipality of situated some 22 km from Sokhumi by the shores of the . The town was previously known under the names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, and Psyrtskha. is one of Abkhazia's tourist attractions.
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  • Type: Town with 1,540 residents
  • Description: town in Georgia
  • Also known as: “Absara”, “Achali Atoni”, “Acheisos”, “Afon Ch’yts”, “Afon Ttschyz”, “Akhali Atoni”, “Anakopia”, “Neos Athos”, “New Athen”, “Nikofia”, “Nikopia”, “Nikopol”, “Nikopsis”, “Novy Afon, Afon Chyts”, “Novyy Afon”, “Nowyi Afton”, “Psereti”, “Psirtkha”, “Psirtskha”, “Pssyrzcha”, and “Psyrtskha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Athos Cave and Anacopia Fortress.

Cave
Photo: WomEOS, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The also Novoafonskaya, Novy Afon Cave, or New Afon Cave is a karst in the in near the city of New Athos.

Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anakopia Fortress is an ancient military citadel in New Athos in the disputed Abkhazia, located some 22 km by road along the coast from .

Peak
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Iberian Mountain is a 344-meter high hill in New Athos, , . There are ruins of the ancient capital of Abkhazia, Anakopia, on the mountain top.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tsukwara.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 4½ km west of New Athos.

New Athos

Latitude
43.0882° or 43° 5′ 18″ north
Longitude
40.8139° or 40° 48′ 50″ east
Population
1,540
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8HM23RQ7+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34395497
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
612660
Wiki­data ID
Q42194
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Uzbek—“New Athos” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Афон Ҿыц”
  • Abkhazian: “Ԥсырӡха”
  • Armenian: “Նոր Աթոս”
  • Armenian: “Նոր Աֆոն”
  • Asturian: “New Athos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yeni Afon”
  • Belarusian: “Новы Афон”
  • Catalan: “Afon Ch’yts”
  • Catalan: “Akhali Atoni”
  • Catalan: “Neos Athos”
  • Catalan: “Nou Atos”
  • Catalan: “Novy Afon”
  • Cebuano: “Akhali-Afoni”
  • Cebuano: “Stantsiya Novyy Afon”
  • Chechen: “Керла Афон”
  • Chinese: “新阿丰”
  • Chinese: “新阿豐”
  • Church Slavic: “Новꙑи Аѳѡнъ”
  • Chuvash: “Çĕнĕ Афон”
  • Croatian: “Novi Atos”
  • Czech: “Nový Athos”
  • Dutch: “Nieuw Athos”
  • Eastern Mari: “У Афон”
  • Esperanto: “Aĥali Atoni”
  • Estonian: “Novõi Afon”
  • Finnish: “Novyi Afon”
  • French: “Nouvel Athos”
  • Galician: “Nova Athos”
  • Georgian: “Akhali Atoni”
  • Georgian: “ახალი ათონი”
  • Georgian: “ფსირცხა”
  • German: “Achali Atoni”
  • German: “Afon Ttschyz”
  • German: “Neu Athos”
  • German: “Nowy Afon”
  • Greek: “Ανακοπία”
  • Greek: “Νέος Άθως”
  • Greek: “Νηκοψία”
  • Hebrew: “אתוס החדשה”
  • Indonesian: “Afon Baru”
  • Indonesian: “Novyy Afon”
  • Italian: “Nuovo Athos”
  • Japanese: “アナコピア”
  • Japanese: “ノヴィ・アフォン”
  • Japanese: “新アトス”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Виль Афон”
  • Komi: “Выль Афон”
  • Korean: “노비 아폰”
  • Korean: “뉴 아토스”
  • Korean: “신 아토스”
  • Latvian: “Afončhica”
  • Lithuanian: “Naujasis Atonas”
  • Mingrelian: “ახალი ათონი”
  • Moksha: “Ахали-Атони”
  • Ossetian: “Ног Афон”
  • Persian: “نیو آتوس”
  • Polish: “Nowy Aton”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Athos”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Atos”
  • Romanian: “Athosul Nou”
  • Russian: “Новый Афон”
  • Serbian: “Нови Атос”
  • Slovak: “Achali Atoni”
  • Spanish: “Novi Afon”
  • Spanish: “Novi Afón”
  • Swedish: “Afon Tjyts”
  • Tatar: “Яңа Афон”
  • Turkish: “New Athos”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Afon”
  • Ukrainian: “Ахалі-Атоні”
  • Ukrainian: “Новий Афон”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Achali Atoni”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Nowyj Afon”
  • Urdu: “نیا آتھوس”
  • Uzbek: “Yangi Athos”

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