Adjara
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Adjara

General information
Common nameAdjara
Local name აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა
Ach'aris Avt'onomiuri Resp'ublik'a
Name აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა
Ach'aris Avt'onomiuri Resp'ublik'a
CapitalBatumi
Official languagesGeorgian
Ethnic groups93.4% Georgians
 2.4% Russians
 2.3% Armenians
 0.6% Greeks
 0.4% Abkhazians
 0.2% Ukrainians
 0.2% others (2002)
Government
Chairman of
the Government

Levan Varshalomidze
Autonomous republicAutonomous republic
Part of unified
Georgian Kingdom

9th century
Conquered by
Ottoman Empire

1614
Ceded to Russian Empire1878
Adjar ASSR1921
Autonomous republic
of Georgia

1991
Geography
Total Area1120 sq mi (2900.8 km2)
Water %negligible
Demography
Population census376016 (2002)
Density (pop.)135.32/km2 (350.5/sq mi)
Economy
Other information
CurrencyGeorgian lari (GEL)
Time zoneMSK (UTC+3)

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Adjara ( -kaɑtʃʼɑrɑAdjara.ogg, ), officially the Autonomous Republic of Adjara (აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა; -kaɑtʃʼɑris ɑvtʼɔnɔmiuri rɛspʼublikʼɑAutonomous Republic of Adjara (KA).ogg), is an autonomous republic of Georgia.

Adjara is located in the southwestern corner of Georgia, bordered by Turkey to the south and the eastern end of the Black Sea. Adjara is a home to the Adjar ethnic subgroup of Georgians.

Adjara is also known as Ajara, Adzhara, Ajaria, Adjaria, Adzharia, or as Achara. Formerly Adjara was known as Acara under Ottoman rule and Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Adjar ASSR) under the Soviet Union.

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Telephony, Internet and Interactive TV from Silknet - Georgian Business Week Tweet this news
Georgian Business Week--The company was founded by SJC United Telecom, LLC Wanex and LLC -Adjara- Electrokavshiri with the clear aim of consolidating the business and improving the ... - Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:13:35 GMT+00:00
Georgia introduces transit payment - Messenger.ge Tweet this news
Messenger.ge---...- Armenia comes via Georgia whereas Georgia is only interested in Aarmenia from the perspective of its tourists visiting the -Adjara- region in the summer. ... - Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:25:57 GMT+00:00
Saakashvili stresses importance of English language for Georgians at Batumi ... - Messenger.ge Tweet this news
Messenger.ge---...- another issue on which the President touched, as Saakashvili said, strict measures will be carried out against those who pollute the seaside in -Adjara-. ... - Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:25:56 GMT+00:00
Changing fortunes - ArabianBusiness.com Tweet this news
ArabianBusiness.com--Levan Varshalomidze, governor of the republic of -Adjara-, on how Gulf petrodollars are poised to transform his tiny Black Sea state into a thriving ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:12:52 GMT+00:00
Georgia - Mikheil Saakashvili presented a plan of Batumi Boulevard extension - ISRIA (registration) Tweet this news
ISRIA (registration)--So many people come to -Adjara- because there is much public space here. People do not have money yet to sit in expensive cafes, but they have enough money to ... - Date : Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:14:21 GMT+00:00
Georgian president: Number of tourists in Georgia must exceed population by 2013 - Trend News Agency Tweet this news
Trend News Agency--As to -Adjara-, roughly 718000 tourists visited the autonomous republic this year. -Adjara's- government chairman Levan Varshalomidze said that this index ... - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:43:59 GMT+00:00
PACE President to visit Georgia - BSANNA NEWS Tweet this news
BSANNA NEWS---...- the Governor of the Shida Kartli Region Lado Vardzelashvili and the Chairman of the Government of -Adjara- Levan Varshalomidze. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:03:00 GMT+00:00
ProMova publishes draft report of media monitoring - Daily Georgian Times Tweet this news
Daily Georgian Times---...- broadcast of news programs on seven Georgian televisions - Rustavi2, Imedi, Georgian Public Broadcast, Kavkasia, Second Channel, Maestro and -Adjara-. ... - Date : Fri, 21 May 2010 11:47:32 GMT+00:00
Holiday Inn Tbilisi - Messenger.ge Tweet this news
Messenger.ge--By Messenger Staff Holiday Inn has been constructing a new hotel in the centre of Tbilisi where formerly the Hotel -Adjara- was located. ... - Date : Fri, 21 May 2010 10:12:20 GMT+00:00

Administrative divisions of Georgia

Autonomous republicsAbkhaziaup|1 * Adjara
RegionsGuria * Imeretiup|2 * Kakheti * Kvemo Kartli * Mtskheta-Mtianetiup|2 * Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svanetiup|2 * Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti * Samtskhe-Javakheti * Shida Kartliup|2
City with special statusTbilisi (capital) |belowstyle=background:lavender; text-align:center;

Countries and regions of the Caucasus

Abkhazia
Adygea
Adjara
AM
AZ
Chechnya
Dagestan
Georgia
Ingushetia
Karachay-Cherkessia
Kabardino-Balkaria
Krasnodar Krai
Nagorno-Karabakh
Nakhchivan
North Ossetia-Alania
Stavropol Krai
South Ossetia

Historical regions of Georgia

Abkhazia * Adjara * Ertso-Tianeti * Guria * Hereti * Imereti * Javakheti * Kartli * Kakheti * Khevi * Khevsureti * Lechkhumi * Mtiuleti * Meskheti * Pshavi * Racha * Samegrelo * Svaneti * Tao-Klarjeti * Tori * Trialeti * Tusheti



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