Gali Municipality

Gali Municipality
გალის მუნიციპალიტეტი (Georgian)
Гал амуниципалитет (Abkhaz)
გალიშ მუნიციპალიტეტი (Mingrelian)
Location of Gali Municipality in Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
Gali Municipality
Coordinates: 42°38′N 41°44′E / 42.633°N 41.733°E / 42.633; 41.733
Country Georgia
Autonomous republicAutonomous Republic of Abkhazia
CapitalGali
Area
 • Total
1,003 km2 (387 sq mi)
Population
 (2014 est.)
 • Total
29,287
 • Density29.20/km2 (75.63/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+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.