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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.
The Batumi Botanical Garden was started by the Russian botanist Andrey Nikolayevich Krasnov (1862–1914), brother of General Pyotr Krasnov, in the 1880s and officially opened on November 3, 1912. He was aided by two skilled gardeners and decorators: the French D’Alphonse and the Georgian Yason Gordeziani.
Tourism in Georgia is an increasingly important component of the country's economy. In 2015 it employed around 158,500 people, producing 6.7 percent of Georgia 's GDP and providing US$1.94 billion of revenue. [ 1 ]
Gonio [1] [2] (Georgian: გონიო) is a settlement south of Batumi, in the Gonio-Kvariati district of the city. It is located on the left side of the river Chorokhi. Gonio is one of the popular Black Sea resorts in Georgia. A radar station is located in Gonio. According to the data of 2002, 2,886 people live in the settlement. [3]
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.
The Batumi Mosque (Georgian: ბათუმის მეჩეთი, batumis mecheti, orta jame [1]) is a mosque in Batumi, Adjara, Georgia, which is a home to a sizable Muslim community. It was commissioned by the family of Aslan Beg (the equivalent of duke) Khimshiashvili , a Muslim Georgian nobleman in 1866. [ 2 ]
The Batumi Piazza (Georgian: ბათუმის პიაცა) is an Italian-style open public area in the city of Batumi, Georgia.Various significant buildings surround the piazza which has open air cafes, hotels, and shopping.
This is a list of the tallest buildings in the country of Georgia. Most of Georgia's tallest buildings are in the seaside city of Batumi, including the Alliance Privilege (235 meters), the tallest completed building in Georgia. The Axis Towers (147 meters) is the tallest building in Tbilisi, the capital. Batumi