Republic of Abkhazia Аҧсны / Apsny (Abkhaz) აფხაზეთი / Apkhazeti (Georgian) Абхазия / Abkhaziya (Russian)
Anthem:
Map of Abkhazia
Location of Abkhazia
Capital and largest city	Sukhumi
Official languages	Abkhaz, Russian1
Armenian, Georgian, Mingrelian2
Demonym(s)	Abkhaz, Abkhazian
Government	Unitary republic
• President	Aslan Bzhania
• Vice President	Badr Gunba
• Prime Minister	Alexander Ankvab
Partially recognised independence from Georgia and the Soviet Union
• Georgian annulment of all Soviet-era laws and treaties	20 June 1990
• Declaration of sovereignty3	25 August 1990
• Georgian declaration of independence	9 April 1991
• Dissolution of Soviet Union	26 December 1991
• Reinstatement of 1925 Constitution	23 July 1992
• New Constitution	26 November 1994
• Referendum	3 October 1999
• Act of state independence4	12 October 1999
• First international recognition5	26 August 2008
Area
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Population
• Estimate	Between 157,000 and 190,0006 180,0007
• 2015 census	243,000
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
Currency	Russian ruble8 (RUB)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
Driving side	right
Russian has co-official status and widespread use by government and other institutions. Mingrelian is spoken largely in the Gali district. Anulled by the Georgian Soviet immediately after. Establishing retro-actively de jure independence since the 1992-1993 war. By Russia. Only since followed by Nicaragua. International Crisis Group 2006 estimate. Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 estimate. De facto currency, several commemorative coins in Abkhazian own currency, Abkhazian apsar (ru:Апсар) were issued.

Abkhazia is an unrecognised country in the Caucauses.

The country fought a war with Georgia for its independence in 1991, the Georgian–Abkhaz conflict. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991, it has been ruled by the partly-recognized Republic of Abkhazia.

Georgia believes Abkhazia is part of its territory and has listed the province, in its official subdivisions, as an autonomous republic On 28 August 2008, the Parliament of Georgia passed a resolution declaring Abkhazia a "Russian-occupied territory".