Merkheuli (Abkhaz: Мархьаул; Georgian: მერხეული [meɾχeuli]; Armenian: Մերխեուլ) is a village in Abkhazia, Georgia.^{[Note 1]} A 2011 census recorded a population of 839 people.

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Merkheuli Мархьаул, მერხეული
Village
Merkheuli Show map of Gulripshi District Merkheuli Show map of Abkhazia Merkheuli Show map of Georgia
Coordinates: 42.991825°N 41.164296°E / 42.991825; 41.164296
Country	Georgia
Partially recognized independent country	Abkhazia[1]
District	Gulripshi
Population  (2011)
• Total	839
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4

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Fragments of Greek pottery, date back to the 6th century BC, have been found in the village.^[2]

Merkheuli was established in 1879.^[3]

Following the Armenian genocide, many Armenians resettled in Merkheuli, eventually becoming the majority ethnicity in the town.

Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the NKVD from 1938 to 1945, was born in Merkheuli in 1899.

Merkheuli has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa.)

• Gulripshi District