Gulripshi

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Gulripshi

| native_name = {{lang|ka|გულრიფში}}, {{lang|ab|Гәылрыҧшь}}

| native_name_lang =

| settlement_type = Urban Type Settlement

| pushpin_map = Georgia#Georgia Abkhazia#Gulripshi

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Georgia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Partially recognized
independent country

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Abkhazia}}{{Abkhazia-note}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Gulripshi

| population_total = 3910http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/gulripsh11.html {{in lang|ru}}

| population_as_of = 2011

| elevation_m = 20

| timezone = MSK

| utc_offset = +3

| timezone_DST =

| utc_offset_DST = +4

| coordinates = {{coord|42.931418|N|41.106128|E|region:Abkhazia|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| footnotes =

}}

Gulripshi ({{lang-ka|გულრიფში}}, {{IPA|ka|ˈɡuɫɾipʰʃi||Gulripshi.ogg}}; {{langx|ab|Гәылрыҧшь}}, Gwylryphsh; {{langx|ru|Гульрыпш}}, Gulrypsh) is an urban settlement in Abkhazia,{{Abkhazia-note}} a breakaway region of Georgia. It is located 12 km from Sokhumi, and is the capital of Gulripshi District.

Nikolay Smetskoy built three sanatoria in Gulripshi between 1902 and 1913 for patients with pulmonary diseases and founded several parks with subtropical plants."Наше Наследие" № 63-64 2002. [http://www.nasledie-rus.ru/podshivka/6421.php Творец зеленой Третьяковки] {{in lang|ru}} After the Russian Revolution the sanatoria were nationalised.

Climate

Gulripshi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa).

{{Weather box

|location = Gulripshi

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan mean C = 5.7

|Feb mean C = 6.3

|Mar mean C = 9.3

|Apr mean C = 12.6

|May mean C = 17.1

|Jun mean C = 20.7

|Jul mean C = 23.4

|Aug mean C = 23.9

|Sep mean C = 20.6

|Oct mean C = 16.7

|Nov mean C = 11.9

|Dec mean C = 8.2

|year mean C =

|Jan precipitation mm = 126

|Feb precipitation mm = 107

|Mar precipitation mm = 118

|Apr precipitation mm = 124

|May precipitation mm = 97

|Jun precipitation mm = 122

|Jul precipitation mm = 117

|Aug precipitation mm = 132

|Sep precipitation mm = 136

|Oct precipitation mm = 137

|Nov precipitation mm = 140

|Dec precipitation mm = 151

|year precipitation mm =

|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/59346/|title=Climate: Gulripshi|access-date = 7 April 2014

|publisher = Climate-Data.org}}

|date = April 2014

}}

File:Smetskoy sanatorium (postcard, 1900s).jpg

See also

References

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Category:Populated places in Gulripshi District

Category:Sukhumi okrug