Batumi
 or
also Batum mentioned (Georgian ბათუმი)
is a port at the black sea and capital of the
autonomous Republic of Adscharien in the southeast
Georgien with approximately 124000 inhabitants,
science location with universities, university,
naval faculty and landwirtschaflichem Institut.
 A
Google maps satellite photograph.
History
Batumi was created as Greek colony under the name
Batis. It is derived from the Turkish words batis
liman and means deep port. In 17. Century was annektiert
the city by the Osmani realm and attached 1873
Russia. 1901 organized Josef Stalin strike in Batumi.
After the peace treaty of Brest Litowsk the city
was occupied 1918 in April first part of Turkey,
in December then for 19 months by Great Britain.
After the conclusion of the Orientvertrages between
Soviet Russia and Turkey Batumi fell to 18. March
1921 to the Soviet Union and became the capital
Adschariens.
Already into the 1870er years was Batumi of one
most important the world export your from wool,
cotton, wood, Seidenkokons and manganese. Since
1883 the city is besides an important place of
transshipment for oil. The Transkaukasi railway
and a pipeline bring for more than 100 years crude
oil from the Azerbaijani Baku at the Kaspi sea.
Present
 Batumi
is today the main port Georgiens. It offers place
for the dispatching of 80.000-Tonnen-Tankern. The
oil from Azerbaijan is refined near the port and
shipped into all world. Also oil exports made of
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are turned over to
Batumi. Besides the city exports regional agricultural
products such as dte and Zitrusfrüchte. Since
1995 the freight conversion of the port constantly
rose. 2001 it amounted to approximately 8 million
tons in the year. The public revenues from the
port become annually estimated on 200 to 300 million
US Dollar.
Since the change of power in Adscharien 2004
Batumi attracted international investors. Companies
from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkey established
new hotel complexes. The Strandpromenade is reconditioned
and developed from 800 meters to 5000 meters. The
real estate prices in the city trebled themselves
since that time more than.
 In
Batumi is the 12. Military basis of the group of
the Russian armed forces in Transkaukasien stations.
To 2004 70% of the soldiers had a double Russian-Georgian
nationality. In the meantime the soldiers were
exchanged against purely Russian citizens. The
basis is until 2008 to be closed, soldiers and
weapons from Georgien to be taken off.
Acting mayor von Batumi is Murman Beridse (national
movement - democrats). It is subordinate to the
centre government in Tiflis and from president
me-hurries Saakaschwili into the office appointed.
Batumi is twin city of Savannah, Georgia.
Climate
The climate Batumis is subtropical. The average
annual amount of precipitation amounts to 2500
mm. In the city grow palms, Zypressen, Magnolien,
Oleander, lemon and orange trees.
The 800 meters Primorsky boulevard at the beach
of the black sea, palmengesäumte for a long
time, is famous. The 120 hectares large Botani
garden accommodates sorts in eight departments
over 5000 plant types and -. From its ways views
are offered on the black sea.
Objects of interest
 To
the objects of interest of the city also the aquarium
takes in account over 100 fish types. The Delfinanium
shows trained large Schwarzmeertümmler (Tursiops
truncatus ponticus), one of becomes extinct threatened
subspecies of the large Tümmlers.
The landeskundlich historical museum shows treasures
from the Greek antique one. Among them a kolchische
bronze crown, vases and a decoration from gold
and silver. |
