Adjara (Georgian: აჭარაAch’ara[at͡ʃʼara](listen)) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara (Georgian: აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკაAch’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a[at͡ʃʼaris avtʼɔnɔmiuri rɛspʼublikʼa](listen)), is a political-administrative region of Georgia. Located in the country's southwestern corner, Adjara lies on the coast of the Black Sea near the foot of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, north of Turkey. 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 km2 (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, including Ajara, Ajaria, Adjaria, Adzharia, Atchara and Achara. Under the Soviet Union, Adjara was part of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic as the Adjarian ASSR.[4] The autonomous status of Adjara is guaranteed under article 6 of the Treaty of Kars.
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Adjara (Georgian: აჭარა Ach’ara [at͡ʃʼara] (listen)) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara (Georgian: აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა...
The Adjara crisis was a political crisis in Georgia's Adjaran Autonomous Republic, then led by Aslan Abashidze, who refused to obey the central authorities...
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. It is situated...
The coat of arms of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara is a shield divided in two by a wavy line. In the center is a red smaller shield of the Lesser Arms...
(Georgian: აჭარლები) are an ethnographic group of Georgians living mainly in Adjara in south-western Georgia and speaking the Adjarian dialect of the Georgian...
The article refers to the history of Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Adjara. Archeologists say the territory has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age...
The flag of Adjara is a flag of Georgia's autonomous republic of Adjara. It displays seven dark blue and white stripes, with the national flag of Georgia...
geography (seaside, mountainous part) and by its history. In the mountainous Adjara, the main products are dairy products and the dishes are more fat and heavy...
the Government of Adjara is the head of the government of the autonomous republic of Adjara. The post was created in 1991. "Adjara Supreme Council Approves...
FC Dinamo Batumi is a Georgian football club based in Batumi, Adjara, and current champion of Erovnuli Liga, the top division of Georgian football system...
Adjara State Museum (Georgian: აჭარის სახელმწიფო მუზეუმი) is a museum in the city of Batumi in Adjara, Georgia. List of museums in Georgia (country) v...
enforcement in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, an autonomous republic of Georgia, is the responsibility of the Adjara Regional Police, who are headquartered...
State Art Museum of Adjara (Georgian: აჭარის ხელოვნების სახელმწიფო მუზეუმი) is a museum in the city of Batumi in Adjara, Georgia. The museum houses paintings...
The Catholic Church in Georgia, since the 11th-century East–West Schism, has been composed mainly of Latin Church Catholics; a very large community of...
The Defense Forces of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს თავდაცვის ძალები, romanized: sakartvelos tavdatsvis dzalebi), or Georgian Defense Forces (GDF), are...
dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, it became the Autonomous Republic of Adjara within Georgia. After a temporary occupation by Turkish and British troops...
Eastern Orthodox Christianity. A sizable Georgian Muslim population exists in Adjara. This autonomous Republic borders Turkey, and was part of the Ottoman Empire...
Georgia A UN member state A None Georgia contains two autonomous republics, Adjara and Abkhazia. In Abkhazia and South Ossetia, de facto states have been formed...
Supreme Council. "Elections of the Supreme Council of Autonomous Republic of Adjara » Election Administration of Georgia". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07...
In the agreement, Turkey allowed the Soviet Union to assume control over Adjara with the port city of Batumi in return for sovereignty over the cities of...
Georgia's location, nestled between the Black Sea, Russia, and Turkey, renders it strategically important. It is developing as the gateway from the Black...
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listen)) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara (Georgian: აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა Ach’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a [at͡ʃʼaris avtʼɔnɔmiuri rɛspʼublikʼa] (