Gurie

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

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

Geography

Guria is bordered bi Samegrelo tae the north-wast, Imereti tae the north, Samtskhe-Javakheti tae the east, Ajaria tae the sooth, an the Black Sea tae 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 “Leon became the Keeng o Abkhazeti, Guruls refused tae obey the ruler o Odzrakho, ceased their vassal relations wi Adarnase an Ashot Bagrationi an unitit wi Leon” as it wis describit in Vakhushti 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 “Nikopsia tae Daruband”, Gurie wis situatit in the hert o the Georgie territory. The linguistic evidence for the abuin hypothesis is the Megrelian for “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 o Nabeglavi, which is seemilar tae Borjomi in its chemical composition an the Black Sea heal resort o Ureki rich in magnetic sand. Guria is an aw ane o the lairgest tea growin regions in Georgie. [1] Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

Demographics

Gurians (Gurulebi) are ethnic Georgies who speak a local dialect o the Georgie leid.

Notables

• Gabriel Kikodze, the Bishop o Imereti (nineteent century).
• Ekvtime Takaishvili (1862-1952), historian.
• Kalistrate, the Catholicos-Patriarch o Aw Georgie frae 1932 tae 1952.
• Noe Zhordania, Prime Meenister o the Democratic Republic o Georgie frae 1918 tae 1921.
• Pavle Ingorokva (1893-1990), historian, philologist, an public benefactor.
• Eduard Shevardnadze, 2nt Preses o Georgie.
• Nodar Dumbadze, Writer.
• Zviad Kvachantiradze, (b. 1965) diplomat.