Machara
Мачара, მაჭარა | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 42°56′39″N 41°5′21″E / 42.94417°N 41.08917°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Partially recognized independent country | ![]() |
District | Gulripshi |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,640 [2] |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( MSK) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+4 |
Machara ( Abkhaz: Мачара; Georgian: მაჭარა) is a village in the Gulripshi District of Abkhazia. [3] On 30 May 2012, 37 repatriated members of the Abkhaz diaspora and their families received restored apartments in Machara. [4]
At the time of the 2011 census, Machara had a population of 2,640. Of these, 66.8% were Armenian, 23.7% Abkhaz, 6.5% Russian, 1.0% Georgian, 0.8% Greek and 0.3% Ukrainian.