Gali Municipality
Gali Municipality
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Location of Gali Municipality in Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia | |
Gali Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 42°38′N 41°44′E / 42.633°N 41.733°E | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Autonomous republic | Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia |
| Capital | Gali |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,003 km2 (387 sq mi) |
| Population (2014 est.) | |
• Total | 29,287 |
| • Density | 29.20/km2 (75.63/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
Gali Municipality (Georgian: გალის მუნიციპალიტეტი, romanized: galis munitsip'alit'et'i; Mingrelian: გალიშ მუნიციპალიტეტი, romanized: galish munitsip’alit’et’i; Abkhaz: Гал амуниципалитет) is an administrative-territorial unit of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia. De facto, the territory has been under Russian occupation since the early 1990s following the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict. The administrative center is the town of Gali.
The municipality shares borders with Ochamchire Municipality within Abkhazia and with Zugdidi Municipality of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti.