Abari აბარი
Abari Location in Georgia Show map of Georgia Abari Abari (Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti) Show map of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
Coordinates: 42°36′55″N 43°15′50″E / 42.61528°N 43.26389°E / 42.61528; 43.26389
Country	Georgia
Region	Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
Municipality	Ambrolauri
Elevation	880 m (2,890 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	122
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgian Time)

Abari (Georgian: აბარი) is a village in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, Georgia. It is part of the Likheti commune, Ambrolauri municipality, with the population of 122, mostly (99.2%) ethnic Georgians, as of the 2014 census.^[1][2]

Abari is located on the right bank of the Lukhuni river, a right tributary of the Rioni, on the southern foothills of the Lechkhumi Range, 17 km. northeast of the town of Ambrolauri.

The population of Abari is dominated by two surnames: Lobzhanidze and Japaridze.^[3] According to local tradition, the village was founded by a man surnamed Lobzhanidze from the Ghebi in the northernmost part of Racha in the 18th century.^[4] The Japaridze descend from a priest sent to Abari in the 19th century.^[3] Since the Soviet period, the families in Abari have used rural-urban migration to access the different resources provided by the village and the city.^[5]

• Dragadze, Tamara (1988). Rural Families in Soviet Georgia: A Case Study in Ratcha. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-00619-4.

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