Gurie

Gurie Region გურიის მხარე Guriis Mkhare
Region
Kintra	Georgie
Caipital	Ozurgeti
Destricts	3
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Giorgi Urushadze
Area
• Total	2033 km2(785 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	113,350
• Density	56/km2(140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4
ISO 3166 code	GE-GU

Gurie(Georgie:გურია) is a region (mkhare) inGeorgie,in the wastren pairt o the kintra, bordered bi the eastren end o theBlack Sea.The region haes a population o 113,350 (2014)anOzurgetiis a regional caipital.

Geography

Guria is bordered biSamegrelotae the north-wast,Imeretitae the north,Samtskhe-Javakhetitae the east,Ajariatae the sooth, an theBlack Seatae the wast. The province haes an aurie o 2,033 km².

Guria is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

Guria consists o three admeenistrative destricts:

• Ozurgeti
• Lanchkhuti
• Chokhatauri

Oreegin o the name "Guria"

As for the etymology o the name o Guria, some say that the ruit o the wird refers tae restlessness an the wird shoud mean “the land o the restless” an mey be associatit wi events durin the aicht an nint centuries when “Leonbecame the Keeng oAbkhazeti,Guruls refused tae obey the ruler oOdzrakho,ceased their vassal relations wi Adarnase anAshot Bagrationian unitit wi Leon” as it wis describit inVakhushti Bagrationi’s historical wirks o the aichteent century.

Accordin tae a later explanation, in the times o Georgie’s prosperity, when its borders stretched frae “NikopsiataeDaruband”,Gurie wis situatit in the hert o the Georgie territory. The linguistic evidence for the abuin hypothesis is theMegrelianfor “heart” – “guri”.

Economy

Subtropic fermin an tourism is a mainstay o the region’s economy. Watter is ane o the Gurie’s main assets. The province is famous for the mineral watter oNabeglavi,which is seemilar taeBorjomiin its chemical composition an theBlack Seaheal resort oUrekirich in magnetic sand. Guria is an aw ane o the lairgest tea growin regions in Georgie.[1]Archived2007-09-30 at theWayback Machine

Demographics

Gurians (Gurulebi) are ethnicGeorgieswho speak a local dialect o theGeorgie leid.

Notables

• Gabriel Kikodze,theBishopoImereti(nineteent century).
• Ekvtime Takaishvili(1862-1952), historian.
• Kalistrate,theCatholicos-Patriarch o Aw Georgiefrae 1932 tae 1952.
• Noe Zhordania,Prime Meenister o theDemocratic Republic o Georgiefrae 1918 tae 1921.
• Pavle Ingorokva(1893-1990), historian, philologist, an public benefactor.
• Eduard Shevardnadze,2ntPreses o Georgie.
• Nodar Dumbadze,Writer.
• Zviad Kvachantiradze,(b. 1965) diplomat.