, , other_name = , settlement_type = Village , image_skyline = Mokva_cathedral.jpg , image_caption = Mokvi Cathedral , image_map = , map_caption = Location in Georgia , pushpin_map = Georgia#Georgia Abkhazia , pushpin_label_position = right , pushpin_map_caption = Location in Georgia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Partially recognized
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District A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

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Ochamchire Ochamchire or Ochamchira ( ka, ოჩამჩირე, ; , ''Ochamchyra''; , ''Ochamchira'') is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia, Georgia, and a center of an eponymous district. According to the 1989 Soviet population census ...

, population_as_of = 2011 , population_footnotes = , population_total = 939 , population_density_km2 = , timezone = MSK/ GET , utc_offset = +3/+4 , coordinates = , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = 130 , website = , footnotes = Mokvi ( ka, მოქვი; ) is a village in the

partially recognized state A number of polity, polities have declared independence and sought diplomatic recognition from the international community as sovereign states, but have not been universally recognised as such. These entities often have ''de facto'' control ...

Abkhazia Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It cover ...

, a breakaway region of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

. Located on the Mokvi river, its elevation above sea level is around 130m. The distance to

is 17 km. As of 2011 the population was 939. Mokvi is home to the Mokvi Cathedral, built in the 10th century by Abkhazian king Leon III.

Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, tr, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1965, the editor ...

, V. 7, p. 148, Tbilisi, 1984.

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Populated places in Ochamchira District Sukhumi okrug {{Georgia-geo-stub

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