On the site of the modern city, approximately in the VI century BC. er (that is, 2600 years ago), the Greek colonists founded one of the most ancient polisys, Guenos.
In Ochamchire, you can see the ruins of a Roman bath, medieval defensive stone walls and other structures. In the neighboring villages of Bedia, Mokva and Ilor, architectural monuments from the 10th - 17th centuries have been preserved: Mokva Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in the third quarter of the 10th century by the Abkhazian tsar Leon III; Bedia Cathedral, erected at the end of the X century in honor of Our Lady of Vlacherna; The white-stone Ylorsky temple, which still functions today, is the main pilgrimage center for residents of Western Georgia and Abkhazia.
In the 13th - 14th centuries, active trade with the Caucasus region was organized by merchants from Guenos. In the following centuries, when the Turks established their dominance on the Black Sea, trade fell into decay. The surroundings of the ancient city were covered with impassable boxwood groves, with brilliant foliage and a beautiful crown. Translated from the Turkish language Shamshir - means boxwood or boxwood grove. Therefore, the city received the name Oshimshir, then it was renamed Ochamchir.
At the end of the twelfth century, a summer residence of the sovereign princes Chachba was built here. Also in the city were the residences of the nobles Maan and Kozmaa.
In 1926, it was granted the status of a city, became the center of the Ochamchira region.
During the years of Soviet power, there were built: an oil extraction plant, a cannery, two tea factories, a tobacco-fermentation plant, an industrial combine, a poultry farm, and a railway station.
During the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, the city was severely damaged.
Located at an altitude of five meters above sea level. The distance to Sukhum is 50 kilometers, to Tbilisi 351 kilometers.
According to the 1979 census, the population was 18,700, according to the 1989 census, 20,379 people, of whom Georgians were 58.2%, Abkhazians 18.2%, Russians 14.7%, Armenians 3.3% but after the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, the population of the city decreased significantly. According to the latest data, the population of the city was 4,702 people in 2003 and 5,280 people in 2011 (mainly Abkhazians (72.7%), as well as Georgians (10.4%), Russians (10.0%) and Armenians (3,1 %)).
Негізгі бет Ochamchira. Copter flights. Ilora - the ancient temple and its legends.
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