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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.
Water supply and sanitation in Georgia is characterized by achievements and challenges. Among the achievements is the improvement of water services in the capital Tbilisi where the water supply is now continuous and of good quality, major improvements in the country's third-largest city Batumi on the Black Sea where the country's first modern wastewater treatment plant now is under operation ...
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.
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
Expo Batumi 2011 [8] Audio Guides Service [9] [10] Tourism Week 2012 [11] Share Your Love of Batumi Archived 2014-04-04 at the Wayback Machine [12] - Summer, 2013; The Season of Unparalleled Discounts, 2013 [13] Your Summer Starts Here 2014 [14]
Small part de facto part of South Ossetia, considered occupied by Russia by Georgia Adjara: 361,400 166.72 2,880 West Kvemo Kartli: 442,800 70 6,072 East Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti: 299,300 45 7,440 West Kakheti: 306,200 28 11,311 East Shida Kartli: 249,800 46.2 5,729 East Partially de facto part of South Ossetia, considered occupied by Russia by ...
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 administrative center is the town of Khelvachauri, which is located for the most part within the Batumi municipal boundaries since 2012. The municipality covers an area of 356.4 km 2 (138 sq mi) and has 64 villages spread over 11 administrative units in the relatively densely populated hills around the city of Batumi. [1]