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Mingrelia
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Mingrelia (mĭn-grē`lēə), lowland region, W Georgia, bordering the Black Sea. Tea and grapes are the chief products. Poti is the main port. The Colchis Colchis (kŏl`kĭs), ancient country on the eastern shore of the Black Sea and in the Caucasus region.
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 of the ancients, Mingrelia was a vassal principality (with Zugdidi as capital) under the Ottoman Empire. It was annexed to Russia in 1803. The Mingrelians (also called Megrelians) are closely related in culture and language to the Georgians.

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Active surveillance for botulism cases did not identify any new cases from April to December 2002 in Poti and Samegrelo.
 
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