Bedia (village)

Bedia
Georgian: ბედია, Abkhaz: Бедиа
Village
Bedia
Bedia
Coordinates: 42°43′34″N 41°38′35″E / 42.72611°N 41.64306°E / 42.72611; 41.64306
Country Georgia
Partially recognized
independent country
 Abkhazia
DistrictGali
Population
 (2011)
  Total
288
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
  Summer (DST)UTC+4

Bedia (Georgian: ბედია; Abkhaz: Бедиа) is a village in the Gali Municipality/Tkvarcheli District of Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. As a result of the Georgian dispute over the sovereignty of Abkhazia, Georgia claims the village as part of its Gali Municipality. As of 2011, the village had a population of 288, of which 85.5% were ethnic Georgians and 13.6% were ethnic Abkhaz, with 2 others living in the village.