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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.
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.
Founded in 2001 [5] in Batumi by journalists Mzia Amaghlobeli and Eter Turadze , it began as a non-periodical printed newspaper, aiming to address issues such as human rights abuses and corruption prevalent during the rule of Adjara's 1991-2004 autocratic leader, Aslan Abashidze. In 2003, under pressure from the authoritarian regime in 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.
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
Gonio, as village became the part of Batumi district. At the same time it was the center of Gonio police. From 1930 Gonio was a part of Khelvachauri region. In 2011, after Batumi expanded borders, it got into the administrative boundaries of the city.
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Between 1968 and 2011 it was a daba (urban-type settlement), but due to municipal border changes by far most of the town was absorbed into the city municipality of Batumi and Khelvachauri was downgraded to a village. [2] The territorial transfer also included the locations of the administrative centers of the Municipality of Khelvachauri.