Gagra District is a district of Abkhazia . It corresponds to the Georgian district by the same name . In medieval times , it was known as the southern part of Sadzen . It is located in the western part of Abkhazia , and the river Psou serves as a border with Krasnodar Krai of Russia . Its capital is Gagra , the town by the same name . The population of the '' Gagra town zone '' in 1989 was 77,079 , but this number dropped dramatically following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia , ( including the ethnic cleansing of Georgians ) , to 37,002 at the time of the 2003 census . Ethnic Armenians now constitute a plurality in the district
ethnic cleansing of Georgians
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia
Gagra District