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Samtskhe–Javakheti (Georgian: სამცხე-ჯავახეთი, pronounced [samtsʰχe dʒavaχetʰi], Armenian: Սամցխե-Ջավախեթի, romanized: Samts’khe-Javakhet’i) is a region in southern Georgia with a population of 147.400 (2023 [2]) and an area of 6,413 km 2 (2,476 sq mi). [1]
Bakuriani (Georgian: ბაკურიანი) is a daba and a ski resort in the Borjomi district of Georgia. It is located on the northern slope of the Trialeti Range , at an elevation of 1,700 meters (5,576 feet) above sea level .
Batumi (/ b ɑː ˈ t uː m i /; Georgian: ბათუმი pronounced ⓘ), historically Batum [3] or Batoum, [4] is the 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, 20 kilometers north of the border with Turkey.
The 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is set to have Bakuriani, Georgia as main host city.The event is scheduled to be held between 9 to 16 February 2025.In addition to Bakurani, events will take place in Batumi and Tbilisi as anxiliary venues.
The municipality has one city (the municipal centre Borjomi), three daba (Akhaldaba, Bakuriani, Tsagveri) and 40 villages (სოფელი, sopeli). [4] In 2018 the borough (daba) Bakurianis Andeziti wad downgraded to village. City: Borjomi; Boroughs: Akhaldaba, Bakuriani, Tsagveri
The 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Bakuriani, Georgia from 19 February to 4 March 2023. [1] This marked the first ever snow sports World Championships to be contested in Georgia.
The Khashuri to Borjomi link was built in 1894, with the 900 mm (2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) Borjomi to Bakuriani narrow-gauge line operational from 1902, to serve the higher level skiing community. The Kakheti railway branch line was completed in 1915.
The S8 is an important route for traffic to the Samtskhe–Javakheti region and tourist destinations Borjomi and Bakuriani. Prior to the opening of the Kartsakhi Georgia–Turkey border crossing via the S13 highway the Vale border crossing played an important role in transit traffic between Turkey and Armenia. Yet, the S8 still plays an ...