Abkhazia is a partially recognised state on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus Mountains, south of Russia and northwest of Georgia proper. It covers and has a population of around 240,000. Its capital is Sukhumi. The separatist Abkhazian polity, formally the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny, is recognised only by Russia and a small number of other countries. While Georgia lacks control over Abkhazia, the Georgian government, the United Nations and the majority of the world's governments consider Abkhazia part of Georgia, whose constitution designates the area as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.

The status of Abkhazia is a central issue of the GeorgianAbkhazian conflict and GeorgiaRussia relations. The region enjoyed autonomy within Soviet Georgia at the time when the Soviet Union began to disintegrate in the late 1980s. Simmering ethnic tensions between the Abkhazthe region's "titular ethnicity"and Georgiansthe largest single ethnic group at that timeculminated in the 19921993 War in Abkhazia which resulted in Georgia's loss of control of most of Abkhazia, the "de facto" independence of Abkhazia, and the mass exodus and ethnic cleansing of Georgians from Abkhazia. Despite the 1994 ceasefire agreement and years of negotiations, the dispute remains unresolved. The long-term presence of a United Nations Observer Mission and a Russian-led Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) peacekeeping force failed to prevent the flare-up of violence on several occasions. In August 2008, Abkhaz forces fought against Georgian forces during the Russo-Georgian War, which led to the formal recognition of Abkhazia by Russia, the annulment of the 1994 ceasefire agreement, and the termination of the UN mission. On 28 August 2008, the Parliament of Georgia declared Abkhazia a Russian-occupied territory.

1. What is on the eastern coast of the black sea?
2. what is it called?
3. what else borders it?
4. What is it south of?
5. And northwest of where?
6. How many people live there?
7. What is it's capital?
8. Who considers it to be part of them?
9. who is under conflict?
10. When was the ceasefire?
1. a partially recognised state
2. Abkhazia
3. Caucasus Mountains
4. Russia
5. Georgia proper
6. around 240,000
7. Sukhumi.
8. Georgia
9. the Abkhaz and Georgians
10. 1994