Batumi
Batumi is an administrative center of Adjara Autonomous Republic. It is situated by the Black Sea, on the lowland of Khakhaberi, 2-3 meters above the sea level and has a form of the half-moon. The territory of the city is 19 sq. km. The seaside part of Adjara is mainly a plain-lowland, characterized with mild subtropical climate. The average annual temperature is +14,5° C, ranging from +25° C in summer to + 6° C in winter. The average annual precipitation is 2 200mm, air humidity- 80%.
Batumi, with the population 124 000, is the land and marine gateway to Georgia with its largest sea port, railway chain and international airport.
Plynius, Xenofonte and Apoloniusof Rodes give us the first information about the city built on the site of Batumi. They claim this city to be well-known in the Antique world and one of the significant sea-port. The name is originated from Greek. In early times it was mentioned with its Greek name “Batius Liman” meaning “deep bay”. Scholars believe that it was here that two ancient cultures Antique and Colchic used to merge.
During the Ottoman yoke the geopolitical importance of Batumi was diminished. As a result, information about medieval Batumi preserved in historical sources is rather poor.
At the end of XIX c. Batumi became the regional center of Adjara and accordingly, it took the central place in economic, political and cultural life of adjara. In 1990-es it became a large center of oil export and industry as well as an important sea-port. The period, when the city was announced “Porto-Franco”, is of great importance too. The turnover of Batumi sea-port had largely increased by that time. Batumi port became the greatest transit point for transporting oil extracted in Baku.
During the Soviet period Batumi still functioned as an important industrial and tourist city.
Nowadays Batumi is one of the very important cities of Georgia. During last three years many things have been and are being done to make Batumi one of best the seaside cities.
In Batumi infrastructure is changing, borders of the city are widening, tourism is under development, number of population is increasing…It is supposed that number of inhabitants will grow from 124 000 to 180 000 in the nearest future. This is confirmed by the fast pace of constructing in our city.
In the nearest 5 – 10 years 120 new buildings will be built in Batumi. New hotels, resting houses, restaurants, bars are being built and new working places are being created. During the last three years several textile, citrus’and chemical pharmaceutical plants were opened.
In Batumi increasing of incomes, attracting investors and developing of tourism were encouraged by working out a new tax code that set profitable conditions for entrepreneurship.
All conditions are being created to make Batumi one of the best modern seaside resorts.
5400 campers visited Batumi in 2000. In the year 2006 this number grew to 10 000. Further growth is anticipated. Supposedly more than 1 000 000 tourists will visit Batumi by the year 2015. Consequently, adjacent fields of tourism industry will be developed: new buildings, roads, and communications in particular.
The sights of modern Batumi and its outskirts are the oldest historic-architectural monuments, parks and squares decorated with exotic plants, delphinium, aquarium, museums, art galleries, recreational, cultural and rest zones. The Orthodox, the Catholic and the Gregorian churches, a mosque and a synagogue stand side by side in Batumi. That is why yet at the beginning of XX century Batumi was considered as one of the most tolerant and multinational towns.
Batumi is an administrative center of Adjara Autonomous Republic. It is situated by the Black Sea, on the lowland of Khakhaberi, 2-3 meters above the sea level and has a form of the half-moon. The territory of the city is 19 sq. km. The seaside part of Adjara is mainly a plain-lowland, characterized with mild subtropical climate. The average annual temperature is +14,5° C, ranging from +25° C in summer to + 6° C in winter. The average annual precipitation is 2 200mm, air humidity- 80%.
Batumi, with the population 124 000, is the land and marine gateway to Georgia with its largest sea port, railway chain and international airport.
Plynius, Xenofonte and Apoloniusof Rodes give us the first information about the city built on the site of Batumi. They claim this city to be well-known in the Antique world and one of the significant sea-port. The name is originated from Greek. In early times it was mentioned with its Greek name “Batius Liman” meaning “deep bay”. Scholars believe that it was here that two ancient cultures Antique and Colchic used to merge.
During the Ottoman yoke the geopolitical importance of Batumi was diminished. As a result, information about medieval Batumi preserved in historical sources is rather poor.
At the end of XIX c. Batumi became the regional center of Adjara and accordingly, it took the central place in economic, political and cultural life of adjara. In 1990-es it became a large center of oil export and industry as well as an important sea-port. The period, when the city was announced “Porto-Franco”, is of great importance too. The turnover of Batumi sea-port had largely increased by that time. Batumi port became the greatest transit point for transporting oil extracted in Baku.
During the Soviet period Batumi still functioned as an important industrial and tourist city.
Nowadays Batumi is one of the very important cities of Georgia. During last three years many things have been and are being done to make Batumi one of best the seaside cities.
In Batumi infrastructure is changing, borders of the city are widening, tourism is under development, number of population is increasing…It is supposed that number of inhabitants will grow from 124 000 to 180 000 in the nearest future. This is confirmed by the fast pace of constructing in our city.
In the nearest 5 – 10 years 120 new buildings will be built in Batumi. New hotels, resting houses, restaurants, bars are being built and new working places are being created. During the last three years several textile, citrus’and chemical pharmaceutical plants were opened.
In Batumi increasing of incomes, attracting investors and developing of tourism were encouraged by working out a new tax code that set profitable conditions for entrepreneurship.
All conditions are being created to make Batumi one of the best modern seaside resorts.
5400 campers visited Batumi in 2000. In the year 2006 this number grew to 10 000. Further growth is anticipated. Supposedly more than 1 000 000 tourists will visit Batumi by the year 2015. Consequently, adjacent fields of tourism industry will be developed: new buildings, roads, and communications in particular.
The sights of modern Batumi and its outskirts are the oldest historic-architectural monuments, parks and squares decorated with exotic plants, delphinium, aquarium, museums, art galleries, recreational, cultural and rest zones. The Orthodox, the Catholic and the Gregorian churches, a mosque and a synagogue stand side by side in Batumi. That is why yet at the beginning of XX century Batumi was considered as one of the most tolerant and multinational towns.