Sanigs
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The Sanigs () were a tribe inhabiting historical Heniochia, northwest shore of Kingdom of Colchis. Their ethnic identity is obscure and is the subject of a controversy. They are first attested in the works of Pliny, Arrian and Memnon of Heraclea.
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The Sanigs () were a tribe inhabiting historical Heniochia, northwest shore of Kingdom of Colchis. Their ethnic identity is obscure and is the subject of a controversy. They are first attested in the works of Pliny, Arrian and Memnon of Heraclea.
== Geography == Historical territories of Heniokhet-Sanikheti(Sanigia) was divided into three parts: old southern Heniochia, later coastal Abkhazia (which included the coastal zone from Sukhumi to Adler); Inner Heniochia (Sochi district); North Heniochia, later Jiketi of Abkhazia (Tuapsi region).
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