sentences:  Armenians settled in Abkhazia in late 19th and the early 20th centuries and are now the largest ethnic group in Gagra, Sukhumi and Gulripshi Districts, forming 20% of the Abkhazian population with 45,000 out of a total of 215,000.During recent conflict, they supported Abkhazia after Georgian hostilities against the Armenian populace, which resulted in increase of anti-Armenian sentiments within the Georgian society.However, the de facto Abkhaz authorities have been accused by local Armenian NGOs of intentionally decreasing the number of Abkhazian-Armenians.