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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.
Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (IATA: BUS, ICAO: UGSB) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Batumi, a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. The airport is 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Hopa, Turkey, and serves as a domestic and international airport for Georgia.
Batumi Central is the railway station serving Batumi, Georgia.Despite its name, the station is located on the outskirts of the city, some 4 km away from the Old Town. The four-storey station building is combined with a bus terminal and a shopping centre, with the total floor area of 22,500 s
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.
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.
The following list of Georgian cities is divided into three lists for Georgia itself, and the disputed territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.Although not recognized by most countries, Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been partially de facto independent since, respectively, 1992 and 1991 and occupied by Russia since 2008 Russo-Georgian War.
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.
At the south side of the Chakvi-Makhinjauri tunnel the Batumi Bypass will begin upon its expected completion as two-lane expressway by 2024. In the meantime the highway reaches the Black Sea coast and enters Batumi, Georgia's second largest city. After passing the port the road turns into the city centre.