I. Batumi
Batumi is the port city of Georgia, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. On the eastern coast of the Black Sea in Transgaugasu, near the border of Serge.
In the 10th and 13th centuries it was called "Batomi Fortress". Turkish occupation in the 18th century. It was incorporated into Russia in 1878. Rise after the completion of the railway in 1883 and the oil pipeline in 1897-1907.
The climate is warm and humid, with an average annual temperature of 14.4°C, with 23.2°C in summer and 6.4°C in winter.
Batumi is the third largest industrial city in Georgia, dominated by oil processing and machinery manufacturing. There is a railway to Tumbaku.
The city is lush with flowers and trees, evergreen in all seasons and beautiful scenery. Built in 1908, the Museum of Geography houses precious ancient pottery and other artifacts unearthed.
The Subtropical Botanical Garden near Green Potassium, 9km north of the city, was established in 1912, covering an area of more than 100 hectares, with more than 1,600 kinds of subtropical and tropical plants and their varieties, thousands of representatives of Caucasian native flora, the main place for domestication and cultivation of subtropical plants, one of the important places of interest on the Black Sea coast.
Near the botanical garden is the 19th-century Chakwa tea farm, which has introduced many famous tea plants from China, India and Sri Lanka. The coastal belt, which is about 35 km long in the northeast of the city, is a tourist health resort.
II. Gagra
Gagra is a Georgian city. On the eastern coast of the Black Sea, 80 km southeast from Batumi.
In the 2nd century BC, ancient Greek merchants set up a port here, named "Trigrev". At the beginning of the Common Era, the Romans built the castle of Nikika, banished prisoners, on the shore. In the 14th century, it was a prosperous trade center. By the 17th century, the Turks called it its current name.
The city was established in 1933. Located in a bay surrounded by mountains, it is protected by the Gagra Mountains. It has a subtropical climate with warm winters. The average temperature is 15.2°C, 24°C in July and 6°C in January. The average annual precipitation is 1400mm.
Industry is dominated by food processing. Climatic health resorts and tourist destinations. Multi-nursing homes, retreats and baths in the new city; The old city has many cultural monuments, with temples from the 5th to the 6th century and ancient castles.
The seaside grain is 5 km long, and the swimming time is from May to November. The plants are distributed vertically due to topography and climate, with alpine plants on mountain tops and subtropical plants in river valleys.
Gagra Park is one of the famous parks on the Black Sea coast, with its 14-hectare area close to the coast, with date palms, coconut groves, Chinese palm trees, American magnolias and other ornamental plants.
In the western part of the park, there is the well-preserved Abkhaz castle "Abbata", which contains an ancient shrine, opposite Abbata and Ashtar Square, where military competitions were often held in the Middle Ages; There is the Summer Theatre in the south.
The remains of the Mallinsky Tower and the rapids waterfall in the Joekovala valley are meandering and the caves of the Cerva valley are serene.
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