Sokhumi: facts

At a glance

• Country: Georgia
• Region: Abkhazia
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 65,439
• Coordinates: 43.0070° N, 40.9893° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Lari (GEL)
• Distance to the capital, Tbilisi: 348 km (216 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport (SUI): 20 km (12 mi), straight line
• Sochi International Airport (AER, Russia): 97 km (60 mi), straight line
• David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT): 153 km (95 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Volodarskoye: 5.4 km (3.3 mi)
• Zemo Iashtkhva: 6.7 km (4.2 mi)
• Zemo Eshera: 12 km (7 mi)
• Gulripshi: 13 km (8 mi)
• Zemo Gulripshi: 14 km (8 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Sochi, 122 km (76 mi)