Merkheuli

Merkheuli Мархьаул, მერხეული
Village
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Coordinates: 42°59′31″N 41°09′51″E / 42.991825°N 41.164296°E / 42.991825; 41.164296Coordinates: 42°59′31″N 41°09′51″E / 42.991825°N 41.164296°E / 42.991825; 41.164296
Country	Abkhazia (de facto) Georgia (de jure)
District	Gulripshi District
Population (2011)
• Total	839

Merkheuli (Abkhaz: Мархьаул; Georgian: მერხეული [mɛrxɛuli]) is a village in Abkhazia. A 2011 census recorded a population of 839 people.

Merkheuli was established in 1879.

Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the NKVD from 1938 to 1945.