Gulripshi
Gulripshi
გულრიფში, Гәылрыҧшь | |
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Urban Type Settlement | |
| Coordinates: 42°55′53″N 41°06′22″E / 42.931418°N 41.106128°E | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Partially recognized independent country | Abkhazia |
| District | Gulripshi |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 3,910 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4 |
Gulripshi (Georgian: გულრიფში, [ˈɡuɫɾipʰʃi] ⓘ; Abkhaz: Гәылрыҧшь, Gwylryphsh; Russian: Гульрыпш, Gulrypsh) is an urban settlement in Abkhazia, 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. After the Russian Revolution the sanatoria were nationalised.