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Batumi (/ b ɑː ˈ t uː m i /; Georgian: ბათუმი pronounced ⓘ), historically Batum [3] or Batoum, [4] is the second-largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the border with Turkey.
It is an important tourist destination and includes Georgia's second most populous city of Batumi as its capital. About 350,000 people live on its 2,880 km 2 (1,110 sq mi). Adjara is home to the Adjarians, a regional subgroup of Georgians. The name can be spelled in a number of ways: Ajara, Ajaria, Adjaria, Adzharia, Atchara and Achara.
Batumi in the 1880s Map of Batumi, 1913. Batumi (Georgian: ბათუმი) is the capital city of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia, located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. The history of Batumi is inextricably bound with that of Adjara.
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Statistical Yearbook Of Georgia, 2009. 36–37. Tbilisi, Georgia: Department of Statistics under the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia. 2009. ISBN 978-99928-72-38-3 "Georgia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013
Compared to the A-305 the S2 route was extended from the north side of Batumi through the city to the Turkish border at Sarpi. Initially the road was registered with a length of 121 kilometres (75 mi) km, but the opening of the Chakvi-Makhinjauri tunnel north of Batumi reduced the length reduced to 119 kilometres (74 mi). [5]
The town of 1,285 residents (2021) [1] is the administrative centre of the Keda Municipality, and is located at the confluence of the Acharistsqali (literally 'river of Adjara') and Akavreta rivers, at an elevation of 256 metres (840 ft) above sea level.
The Batumi Botanical Garden (Georgian: ბათუმის ბოტანიკური ბაღი) is a 108-hectare (270-acre) area of land 9 km (5.6 mi) north of the city of Batumi, capital of Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia.