Gudauta

Gudauta
გუდაუთა, Гәдоуҭа, Гудаута
Gwdowtha
town
View of Gudauta's centre
Location of Gudauta within Abkhazia
Gudauta
Location of Gudauta in Georgia
Gudauta
Gudauta (Abkhazia)
Coordinates: 43°06′7.16″N 40°37′29.28″E / 43.1019889°N 40.6248000°E / 43.1019889; 40.6248000
Country Georgia
Partially recognized
independent country
 Abkhazia
DistrictGudauta
Population
 (2011)
  Total
8,514
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
  Summer (DST)UTC+4

Gudauta (Georgian: გუდაუთა, [ɡudautʰa] ; Abkhaz: Гәдоуҭа, Gwdowtha; Russian: Гудаута, Gudauta) is a town in Abkhazia, Georgia, and the capital of the eponymous district. It is situated on the Black Sea, 37 km northwest of Sokhumi, the capital of Abkhazia. It is the namesake for the Gudauta Bay.