Pitsunda
Pitsunda or Bichvinta is a resort town in the Gagra District of Abkhazia/Georgia. Founded by Greek colonists in the 5th century BC, Pitsunda became an important political and religious centre of the region in the antiquity and the Middle Ages.
- Town with 4,090 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Pitsvints”
- Description: town in Georgia
- Also known as“Bichvinta”“Bitchvinta”“Pitsundo”“Pitsundskiy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Patriarchal Cathedral St. Andrew.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lidzava.
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Latitude
43.1598° or 43° 9′ 35″ north
Longitude
40.3372° or 40° 20′ 14″ east
Open location code
8HM2585P+WV
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Uzbek—“Pitsunda” goes by many names.
- Abkhazian: “Пицунда”
- Arabic: “بيتسوندا”
- Arabic: “بيتيوس”
- Armenian: “Բիճվինթա”
- Armenian: “Պիցունդա”
- Asturian: “Pitsunda”
- Azerbaijani: “Pisunda”
- Bashkir: “Пицунда”
- Belarusian: “Піцунда”
- Catalan: “Pitsunda”
- Cebuano: “Bichvinta”
- Chechen: “Пицунда”
- Chinese: “比奇温塔”
- Chinese: “皮聪大”
- Chinese: “皮聰大”
- Church Slavic: “Пицоунда”
- Chuvash: “Пицунда”
- Croatian: “Bichvinta”
- Croatian: “Pitiunt”
- Croatian: “Pitsunda”
- Czech: “Picunda”
- Dutch: “Pezonda”
- Dutch: “Pitiunt”
- Dutch: “Pitsoenda”
- Dutch: “Pitsunda”
- Eastern Mari: “Пицунда”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيتسوندا”
- Esperanto: “Picunda”
- Estonian: “Bitšvintha”
- Estonian: “Pitsunda”
- Finnish: “Pitsunda”
- French: “Pitsounda”
- French: “Pitsunda”
- French: “Pityos”
- Georgian: “Bich’vinta”
- Georgian: “ბიჭვინთა”
- Georgian: “პიტიუნტი”
- German: “Bitschwinta”
- German: “Pizunda”
- Greek: “Μπίτσβιντα”
- Greek: “Πιτσούντα”
- Greek: “Πιτυούς”
- Hausa: “Pitsunda”
- Hebrew: “ביצ’ווינתה”
- Hebrew: “ביצ’וינתה”
- Hebrew: “ביצווינתה”
- Hebrew: “פיטוס”
- Hebrew: “פיטיאונט”
- Hebrew: “פיטיוס”
- Hebrew: “פיצונדה”
- Hebrew: “פיתוס”
- Indonesian: “Pitsunda”
- Italian: “Bichvinta”
- Italian: “Pezonda”
- Italian: “Pitsunda”
- Japanese: “ピチュンダ”
- Japanese: “ピツンダ”
- Kirghiz: “Пицунда”
- Komi-Permyak: “Пицунда”
- Komi: “Пицунда”
- Korean: “비츠빈타”
- Korean: “피춘다”
- Korean: “피티우스”
- Korean: “피티운트”
- Latin: “Pithyus”
- Latvian: “Picunda”
- Lithuanian: “Picunda”
- Lithuanian: “Pitijus”
- Mingrelian: “ბიჭვინთა”
- Moksha: “Бичвинта”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pitsunda”
- Norwegian: “Pitsunda”
- Ossetian: “Питиунт”
- Ossetian: “Пицундæ”
- Ossetian: “Пицунда”
- Persian: “پیتسوندا”
- Polish: “Picunda”
- Polish: “Pityus”
- Portuguese: “Bichvinta”
- Portuguese: “Pitsunda”
- Romanian: “Piţunda”
- Romanian: “Pițunda”
- Russian: “Питиунт”
- Russian: “Пицунда”
- Serbian: “Picunda”
- Serbian: “Pizunda”
- Serbian: “Пицунда”
- Serbian: “ბიჭვინთა”
- Slovenian: “Picunda”
- Spanish: “Pitsunda”
- Swedish: “Bitjvinta”
- Swedish: “Pitiunt”
- Swedish: “Pitsunda”
- Swedish: “Pituos”
- Swedish: “Pityous”
- Tatar: “Пицунда”
- Turkish: “Pitsunda”
- Ukrainian: “Пітіунт”
- Ukrainian: “Піцунда”
- Upper Sorbian: “Picunda”
- Urdu: “پیتسوندا”
- Uzbek: “Pitsunda”
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