Psou (village)
| Psou Ҧсоу (Abkhaz) სალმე (Georgian) Salme (Estonian) | |
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  Psou Location in Abkhazia | |
| Coordinates: 43°26′N 40°02′E / 43.433°N 40.033°ECoordinates: 43°26′N 40°02′E / 43.433°N 40.033°E | |
| Country | Abkhazia,[note 1] Georgia |
| District | Gagra |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+3) |
Psou (Abkhaz: Ҧсоу, Georgian: სალმე, Estonian: Salme, Russian: Сальме) is a village in Abkhazia,[note 1] Georgia. It was founded in 1884 by Estonian resettlers from Kuusalu, Governorate of Estonia. Nowadays, most of the inhabitants are Abkhaz, as most of the Estonians were repatriated during the 1992-1993 Georgian-Abkhaz war. The village has subsequently been renamed Psou by Abkhaz authorities after the Psou River.
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abkhazia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider Abkhazia de jure a part of Georgia's territory. In Georgia's official subdivision it is an autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.
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