WSukhumi or Sokhumi is a city on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of the unrecognised Republic of Abkhazia, which has controlled it since the 1992–93 war in Abkhazia, although most of the international community considers it legally part of Georgia.
WThe Abkhazian State University is the only university in Abkhazia. It was founded in 1979 on the basis of the Sukhumi Pedagogical Institute. Its first rector was Zurab Anchabadze.
WFreedom Square is the main square in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. It is used for public events. The parliament of Abkhazia is located on the square.
WHotel Abkhazia Sokhumi was a hotel in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia during the Soviet period. The hotel was one of the city's most prominent hotels. The white building is currently defunct and empty.
WHotel Ritsa is a hotel in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia. The hotel is a luxury white hotel located on the seacoast, along the Sukhumi quay, near the historical centre, decorated with elegant bas-reliefs. It was damaged during the war. It contains two restaurants; "San Remo" which serves European cuisine and "Aktafurta" which serves Abkhaz cuisine.
WSukhumi Babushara Airport, previously known as Sukhumi Dranda Airport, and also known as Vladislav Ardzinba Sokhumi International Airport , is the main airport of Abkhazia. It is located in the village of Babushara next to the larger village of Dranda and some 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Sukhumi, the capital of the autonomous republic.
WThe Sukhumi Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the Caucasus. It was founded in 1840 as Sukhum-Kale Military-Botanical Garden by the head of the Russian Black Sea fortification line N. N. Rayevsky with the purpose of the introduction of new plants in the region. It was ravaged by Turkish forces in 1853–55 and 1877–78 in the course of the Russo-Turkish wars. The garden was transferred to civil authorities in 1889 and the restoration of the plantings was begun in 1894.
WThe Sokhumi stela is a piece of ancient Greek art—a marble gravestone (stela), depicting a woman and two children—found in 1953 underwater in the Black Sea near Sukhumi in Abkhazia/Georgia. It is now on display at the Sukhumi State Museum.