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September is 410 mm (16.14 in). The interior parts of Adjara are considerably drier than the coastal mountains and lowlands. Winter usually brings significant snowfall to the higher regions of Adjara, where snowfall often reaches several meters. Average summer temperatures are between 22–24 °C in the lowland areas and 17–21 °C in the highlands. The highest areas of Adjara have lower temperatures. Average winter temperatures are between 4–6 °C along the coast while the interior areas and mountains average around -3–2 °C. Some of the highest mountains of Adjara have average winter temperatures of -8–(-7) °C.
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Adjara has good land for growing tea, citrus fruits and tobacco. Mountainous and forested, the region has a subtropical climate, and there are many health resorts. Tobacco, tea, citrus fruits, and avocados are leading crops; livestock raising is also important. Industries include tea packing, tobacco
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in the country and turned Adjara into the personal fiefdom, although it remained relatively prosperous enclave in an otherwise rather chaotic country. Abashidze unilaterally took power without formal agreement and started to withhold tax revenue and capture Adjara's considerable wealth. His opponents
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which listed them as "Ajars" and counted 71,000 of them. Later, they were simply classified under a broader category of Georgians as no official Soviet census asked about religion. In independent Georgia, censuses do not include an "Adjarian" category, nor do they distinguish between ethnic Georgian
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Turkey still has noticeable economic and religious influence in Adjara, making some Georgians wary of the Turkish presence. However, in recent years, Turkish influence has again been supplanted by the Russians, who have returned to the region in large numbers, also causing anxiety among some locals.
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Moreover, the Soviet atheist ideology dampened religious practice. In the 1920s, the Ajars rebelled against the Soviet anti-Islamic activities, as well as against the collectivization reforms. The armed uprising began in the mountainous regions of Adjara in April 1929. Soviet troops were deployed in
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and murder, Abashidze destroyed the bridges between Adjara and the rest of Georgia to delay the advance of Georgian troops in Batumi and then fled to Moscow. Even Abashidze's former ally, Haji Mahmud Kamashidze, sided with Saakashvili. Saakashvili wanted Adjara to keep a significant autonomy. A new
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in accord with this clause, thus Adjara remained part of Georgia. The autonomous republic was the only autonomous unit in the USSR based solely on religion. However, Stalin's definition of what constituted a nation was based on language. Without their own language, Adjars did not develop a strong
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receive upwards of 4,500 mm (177.2 in) of precipitation per year. The coastal lowlands receive most of the precipitation in the form of rain (due to the area's subtropical climate). September and October are usually the wettest months. Batumi's average monthly rainfall for the month of
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Adjara is well known for its humid climate (especially along the coastal regions) and prolonged rainy weather, although there is plentiful sunshine during the spring and summer months. Adjara receives the highest amounts of precipitation both in Georgia and in the
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While the government does not release figures on the levels of Turkish investment in Ajara, it represents roughly 80-90 percent of the total foreign investment in the region, a former regional government official said, speaking on condition of
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As of the sixteenth century, the majority of Adjara's population was Christian. By the end of the eighteenth century, majority of Adjarians were Muslim. After Adjara was ceded to the Russian Empire in 1878 under the
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The status of the Adjaran Autonomous Republic is defined by Georgia's law on Adjara and the region's new constitution, adopted following the ousting of Aslan Abashidze. The local legislative body is the
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became the chairman of Ajaria's parliament. Abashidze was initially appointed by the first Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia in 1991. However, he later took advantage of the
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Derluguian, Georgi M. (1998). "The Tale of Two Resorts: Abkhazia and Ajaria Before and Since the Soviet Collapse". In Crawford, Beverly; Lipschutz, Ronnie D. (eds.).
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Turkish religious influence is notable, not only in Azerbaijan but also in the Muslim regions of Georgia (in the region of Adjara and the border areas of Azerbaijan).
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to the east and Turkey to the south. Most of Adjara's territory either consists of hills or mountains. The highest mountains rise more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet)
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who also has powers to dissolve the assembly and government and to overrule local authorities on issues where the constitution of Georgia is contravened.
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erupted as the central government sought to reimpose its authority on the region. It led to several encounters between Abashidze's paramilitaries and the
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According to the 2014 census, 54.5% of Adjara's population is Orthodox Christian, while 39.8% is Muslim, the rest includes atheists, adherents of the
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was signed, under which Georgia was forced to cede Adjara to the Ottoman Empire. However, due to the Ottoman defeat in the First World War and the
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Shuamtoba ("inter-mountain festival") is a traditional festival, which is held on the summer mountain pastures of two municipalities (Khulo and
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Machakhloba is a Machakhela gorge festivity, held in the second half of September. It is a traditional holiday celebrated in Machakhela gorge,
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alleged that Abashidze engaged in smuggling. After the end of Georgia's civil war, Abashidze reached agreement with the Georgian president
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issued a statement on January 20 backing Abashidze's policy and condemning his opposition as "extremist forces". In spring 2004, a major
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was moved from Tbilisi to Batumi. In November 2007 Russia ended its two-century military presence in Georgia by withdrawing from the
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to stay in power. The central government in Tbilisi had very little say in what went on in Adjara. Elections in Adjara were not
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port and is transported from there to Batumi by rail. The Adjaran capital is a centre for shipbuilding and manufacturing.
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in January 2004. Soon after his inauguration as president in January 2004, Saakashvili took aim at Abashidze with strong
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Adjara is on the southeastern coast of the Black Sea and extends into the wooded foothills and mountains of the
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Adjara is the main center of Georgia's coastal tourism industry, having displaced the northwestern province of
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Municipality. The festival begins at the Machakhela rifle monument (at the point of convergence of the rivers
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Turkey's influence in the region remains strong, in part through funding provided by Ankara for local mosques
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on July 20, 1920. It was granted autonomy under the Georgian constitution adopted in February 1921 when the
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against Abashidze's autocratic rule forced the Adjaran leader to resign in May 2004. Facing charges of
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Peter Malcolm Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis (1977), The Cambridge history of Islam, p. 639.
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in the 5th century BC, the region fell under Rome in the 2nd century BC. It became part of the
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The Political Landscape of Georgia: Political Parties: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects
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The Geography of Ethnic Violence: Identity, Interests, and the Indivisibility of Territory
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After the temporary occupation by the British (with the entrance of the British warship
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as its capital. About 350,000 people live on its 2,880 km (1,110 sq mi).
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population, while Turkish commodities were guaranteed free transit through the port of
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converted first. Adjarians were fully Islamized by the end of the eighteenth century.
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Ronald G. Suny - The Making of the Georgian Nation. Indiana University Press. Page 8
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of 2003 when Shevardnadze was deposed in favor of the reformist opposition leader
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Adjara is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
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festival. It is held at the end of August or at the beginning of September in
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The Myth of "Ethnic Conflict": Politics, Economics, and "Cultural" Violence
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law was therefore introduced to redefine the terms of Adjara's autonomy.
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to leave for Turkey, keeping a provision of Section 6, article 21 of the
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The other autonomous unit based on an ethnoreligious factor was the
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processing, fruit and fish canning, oil refining, and shipbuilding.
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According to the 2014 census, the population of Adjara is 333,953.
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ALPPI Annual of Language & Politics and Politics of Identity
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Saakashvili's Ajara Success: Repeatable Elsewhere in Georgia?
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Saakashvili's Ajara Success: Repeatable Elsewhere in Georgia?
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Köksal, Pınar; Aydıngün, Ayşegül; Gürsoy, Hazar Ege (2019).
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in 1920. The British administration ceded the region to the
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who speak a group of local dialects known collectively as
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and Adjara became part of it. However, in April 1918, the
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invaded Georgia and captured Batumi. On 4 June 1918, the
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The Ottomans were forced to cede Adjara to the expanding
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The Experiment: Georgia's Forgotten Revolution 1918-1921
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The Politics of Ethnic Separatism in Russia and Georgia
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succeeded Abashidze as the chairman of the government.
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Adjara is subdivided into six administrative units:
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sense of national identity, separate from Georgian.
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Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies.
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