Taklama

Analysis, book reviews and photography from Abkhazia and the wider Caucasus --- updates when time permits

Full results of Abkhazia's 2011 census made public

The results of the 2011 census in Abkhazia have at last been released in book form on 4 October, and the ethnic break-down has been added to the invaluable ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. As I predicted in December (when full results were not yet known) the very high population growth since …

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A first look at Abkhazia's census results

Yesterday (December 28th), final results were published for the census held in February: Abkhazia's population officially counts 240,705 people. Preliminary results made public on the 28th of March had put that number at 242,826 — the new figure was arrived at after excluding double counts.

This marks the first …

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