Bedia
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| Coordinates: 42°43′34″N 41°38′35″E / 42.72611°N 41.64306°E / 42.72611; 41.64306 | |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Partially recognized independent country |  Abkhazia[1] |
| District | Tkvarcheli |
| Population
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| • Total | 288 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4 |
Bedia (Georgian: ბედია Abkhaz: Бедиа) is a village in the Tkvarcheli DistrictofAbkhazia. As a result of the Georgian dispute over the sovereignty of Abkhazia, Georgia claims the village as part of its Gali Municipality. As of 2011, the village had a population of 288, of which 85.5% of them were ethnic Georgians and 13.6% were ethnic Abkhaz, with 2 others living in the village.[2]
According to the medieval Georgian Chronicles, Egros, son of Togarmah, inherited the land between the Likhi Range, Black Sea and upper Khazar River where he settled and found a city Egrisi, which is now called Bedia.
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