Samurzakano

 ( Historical Regions Of Georgia ) 

Samurzakano (სამურზაყანო, samurzak'ano) is a historical region in southeastern Abkhazia, in western Georgia. Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, v. 9, p. 37, Tb., 1985.კახა კვაშილავა, ისტორიული სამურზაყანო (XVII-XVIII სს. მიჯნა – 1840 წ.). საკვალიფიკაციო ნაშრომი ისტორიის დოქტორის /Ph.D/ აკადემიური ხარისხის მოსაპოვებლად, თბილისი, 2009 It is populated by Mingrelians.

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History Samurzakano was established as a fief of one of the branches of the Chachba family in the early 18th century. It included the territory of the contemporary Gali district and part of Ochamchire district.

The Georgian Soviet Encyclopaedia wrote "in 1705 three brothers of the Abkhazian ruling family, surnamed Chachba (in Georgian Shervashidze) divided up their territory, one taking the north (from Gagra to the R. Kodori), the second the central Abzhywa region (from the Kodori to the Ghalidzga), and the third, Murzaqan, the southern part (from the Ghalidzga to the Enguri), and so this province, which was roughly equivalent to the modern Gali District, became known as Samurzaqano."

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