Abari

Place in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Georgia

Abari

აბარი

Abari

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Abari

Abari (Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti)

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Coordinates: 42°36′55″N 43°15′50″E﻿ / ﻿42.61528°N 43.26389°E﻿ / 42.61528; 43.26389
Country|  Georgia
Region| Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
Municipality| Ambrolauri
Elevation

| 880 m (2,890 ft)
Population

(2014)

• Total

| 122
Time zone| UTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Abari (Georgian: აბარი) is a village in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, Georgia. It is part of the Likheti commune, Ambrolauri municipality, with the population of 122, mostly (99.2%) ethnic Georgians, as of the 2014 census.[1][2]

Abari is located on the right bank of the Lukhuni river, a right tributary of the Rioni, on the southern foothills of the Lechkhumi Range, 17 km. northeast of the town of Ambrolauri.

The population of Abari is dominated by two surnames: Lobzhanidze and Japaridze.[3] According to local tradition, the village was founded by a man surnamed Lobzhanidze from the Ghebi in the northernmost part of Racha in the 18th century.[4] The Japaridze descend from a priest sent to Abari in the 19th century.[3] Since the Soviet period, the families in Abari have used rural-urban migration to access the different resources provided by the village and the city.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერა 2014". საქართველოს სტატისტიკის ეროვნული სამსახური. November 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
2. ^ Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014
3. ^ a b Dragadze 1988, p. 4
4. ^ Dragadze 1988, p. 3
5. ^ Dragadze 1988, pp. 53–56

## Sources

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* Dragadze, Tamara (1988). Rural Families in Soviet Georgia: A Case Study in Ratcha. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-00619-4.

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