Kobuleti ( ka, ქობულეთი ) is a town in
Adjara
Adjara ( ka, აჭარა ''Ach’ara'' ) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara ( ka, აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა ''Ach’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a'' ...
, western
Georgia
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, situated on the eastern coast of the
Black Sea
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. It is the seat of
Kobuleti Municipality
Kobuleti ( ka, ქობულეთის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a district of Georgia, in the autonomous republic of Adjara. Its main town is Kobuleti.
Since 1921, the municipality's territory has been included in the Ko ...
and a seaside resort, visited annually by Georgians and many former
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
residents. It is especially popular with Armenian tourists. It was known as ''Çürüksu'' during Ottoman rule.
[https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/188259 Çürüksu Kazası (District of Çürüksu) Kodaman, B and İpek, N. (1992), On Dokuz Mayıs University Education Faculty Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, 103-124]
Geography
The town is situated in the south-western part of
Georgia
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, i.e. the northern part of the
Autonomous Republic of Ajara
Adjara ( ka, აჭარა ''Ach’ara'' ) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara ( ka, აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა ''Ach’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a'' ...
. It borders with Ozurgeti Region to the north. The Regional centre is Kobuleti City, which stretches along the Black Sea shore.
After the civil wars of 1990-1993, the once sophisticated sanatoriums remained abandoned and plundered until 2004. In the meantime Kobuleti has developed into an upscale tourist center again.
Kobuleti Region consists of one municipal, two district and seventeen village councils. There are 48 villages in the region. Representatives of 24 different nationalities live together with Georgians in the region. Kobuleti is known with its traditions, hospitality, climatic areas, mild
subtropical climate,
ionized
Ionization, or Ionisation is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons, often in conjunction with other chemical changes. The resulting electrically charged atom or molecule ...
maritime air, bright shining sun and warm sea. The unique
sandy beach widely inclined to the sea is noted with its marvelous views beautified by sky-scraped endemic pine trees, eucalypts, bamboo, cypress grove, date and cocoa palms.
Climate
Nature
The
Kintrishi and Tikeri reserve areas are unique with their
bio-diversity. One can find rare flora in the Ispani marsh.
The surrounding region has diverse soil: seashore lowland is rich in peatbog soil. There are alpine rocks in the highlands, red soil is found in the hill areas. The mountainous area is good for subtropical species.
Kobuleti has several rivers. The most important ones are the
Kintrishi River
The Kintrishi ( ka, კინტრიში) is a river in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in southwestern Georgia.
The Kintrishi rises in the Meskheti Range near Mount Khino, at an elevation of above sea level. It flows through the municip ...
, the
Chakvistskali River, the
Acharistskali River, the
Ochkhamuri River
Ochkhamuri ( ka, ოჩხამური ) is a small town ('' daba'') on the Ochkhamuri river in Adjara, Georgia, with the population of 5,355 as of the Georgian census of 2014.
Geography
Ochkhamuri is located on the banks of the Ochkhamuri r ...
, the
Achkva River, and the
Dekhva River.
Kintrishi Protected Landscape
The Kintrishi National Park ( ka, კინტრიშის დაცული ლანდშაფტი) is a protected landscape in Kobuleti Municipality, Adjara, Western Georgia, located at the gorge of the Kintrishi River and was establis ...
and
Kobuleti Managed Reserve
Kobuleti Managed Reserve ( ka, ქობულეთი) is a protected area in Kobuleti Municipality, Adjara region of Georgia along the Black Sea coast in the northern part of the resort town Kobuleti.
''Kobuleti Protected Areas'' were es ...
are located in Kobuleti.
Notable people
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Nino Katamadze
Nino Katamadze ( ka, ნინო ქათამაძე; born 21 August 1972) is a Georgian jazz singer and artist.
Biography
Nino Katamadze was born in Kobuleti, Adjara, Soviet Georgia in 1972. In 1990, she entered the vocal department of t ...
, singer and composer
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Kakhaber Mzhavanadze
Kakhaber Nodarovich Mzhavanadze ( ka, კახაბერ ნოდარის ძე მჟავანაძე; born 2 October 1978 in Kobuleti, Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia) is a Georgian former football defender.
Career
Kah ...
, footballer
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Jano Ananidze
Jano Ananidze ( ka, ჯანო ანანიძე, ; ; born 10 October 1992) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Spartak Moscow
Ananidze appeared in Spartak Moscow colours in spring of 200 ...
, footballer
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Revaz Chelebadze
Revaz Chelebadze ( ka, რევაზ ჩელებაძე) (born 2 October 1955) was a retired Georgian football player. He was nicknamed Chele (an allusion to Pelé), for his brilliant technical play and ability to score goals. The ...
, footballer
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Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha
Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha ( tr, Çürüksulu Mahmut Paşa; 1864 – 31 July 1931), was an Ottoman army general and statesman of ethnic Georgian background.
Early life and career
Mahmud Pasha was born in 1864 in Kobuleti, then part of the ...
, Ottoman general and politician
See also
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Adjara
Adjara ( ka, აჭარა ''Ach’ara'' ) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara ( ka, აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა ''Ach’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a'' ...
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Batumi
Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) 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. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of th ...
References
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Cities and towns in Adjara
Archaeological sites in Georgia (country)
Populated places in Kobuleti Municipality
Populated coastal places in Georgia (country)
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