Area: 8700 sq km
center: Sukhumi
Population: 525100 (the data are drawn from pre-war 1989 cencus. 45.7% Georgians,
17.8% Abkhazians, 14.6 Armenians, 14.2%  Russians, 2.8 % Greeks, 3.5% others)
Distance from center to Tbilisi:  467km

Administrative Units:
Districts - 8
Town Mayor - 2
Housing estate Counsils -
Village Counsils -

Settlements:
Towns - 7
Housing estates - 5
Villages - 512