Samurzakano
Samurzakano is a historical region in southeast part of Abkhazia, in western Georgia.
Samurzakano was established as a fief of one of the branches of the Chachba in Abkhaz, family at the dawn of the 18th century. It included the territory of the contemporary Gal district and part of Ochamchira district.
As Georgian Soviet Encyclopaedia, "in 1705 three brothers of the Abkhazian ruling family, surnamed Chachba divided up their territory, one taking the north, the second the central Abzhywa region, and the third, Murzaqan, the southern part, and so this province, which was roughly equivalent to the modern Gal District, became known as Samurzaqano."Gallery
