Makhinjauri ( ka, მახინჯაური ) is a small town ('' daba'') in Adjara,

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, with the population of 735 according to the 2014 census. It is located on the

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coast, 5 km north of

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 t ...

, the capital of Adjara, and functions as a seaside resort. Until the opening of Batumi railway station in 2015, Makhinjauri station was the one serving Batumi. Administratively, Makhinjauri was part of the

Khelvachauri district Khelvachauri ( ka, ხელვაჩაურის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Khelvachauris Municiṕaliťeťi'') is a municipality in Georgia's southwestern autonomous republic of Adjara with a population of 52,737 people (2 ...

from 1959 to 2011 and of the city of Batumi since 2011.

Geography

Located within the range of 15 m to 1,300 m above

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, Makhinjauri possesses humid subtropical climate, with warmer winters and cooler summers compared to Batumi. Makhinjauri functions as a seaside climatic spa and is part of the group of resorts on Georgia's southwestern Black Sea coast located around Batumi.Makhindjauri
. Department of Tourism and Resorts, Autonomous Republic of Adjara. Accessed on March 29, 2011

History

The toponym "Makhinjauri" (also transliterated as Makhindjauri and Makhindzhauri) is derived from the Georgian word ''makhinji'', meaning "ugly" or "mutilated". A legend holds that the area was a scene of a crackdown on

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by the Ottoman soldiers in which several people were mutilated. Owing to its subtropical climate and sulphur springs, the then-village Makhinjauri was developed into a resort under the

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rule around 1904. One of the mansions built at that time and then owned by the

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n gold magnate

Alexander Sibiryakov Alexander Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Сибиряко́в) ( in Irkutsk – 1933) was a Russian gold mine and factories owner and explorer of Siberia. Biography Sibiryakov graduated from the Z ...

is now in use as the rest-house Narinji. In 1906, during the revolutionary upheaval in the

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, Makhinjauri was the scene of a resounding murder of the

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diplomat William Horwood Stuart. Under the

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rule, Makhinjauri was granted the status of an urban-type settlement (Georgian: ''daba'') in 1959. It was popularized in the

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

as a health resort with the options of

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and sulphuric springs. As of the 2002 census, Makhinjauri had the population of 3,400. Starting from 2006, Makhinjauri saw its infrastructure improved and modernized. Some of the important projects were a new railway station terminal, serving to the regional capital of Batumi, and a new

Chakvi Chakvi ( ka, ჩაქვი ), also known as Chakva, is a resort town in Georgia by the Black Sea coast. It is part of Kobuleti Municipality. Economy Chakvi is known throughout Georgia as being the birthplace of tea production in Georgia. Chakvi ...

-Makhinjauri motor road tunnel, which is part of the Batumi-Kobuleti tunnel complex.Tunnel is Opened, 2006
. Government of Autonomous Republic of Adjara. Accessed March 29, 2011

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