Adjara

Adjara, officially referred to as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara is a historic, geographic and political-administrative area of Georgia. Located within the usa's southwestern corner, Adjara lies at the coast of the Black Sea close to the foot of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains, north of Turkey. It is an vital visitor destination and includes Georgia's 2d-biggest metropolis of Batumi as its capital. About 350,000 people stay on its 2,880 km2. Adjara has been part of Colchis and Caucasian Iberia because historical instances. Colonized by Greeks within the 5th century BC, the place fell below Rome in the 2d century BC.

It have become a part of the Lazica before being included into the Kingdom of Abkhazia in the eighth century AD, the latter led unification of Georgian monarchy in the 11th century. The Ottomans conquered the vicinity in 1614. The people of Adjara step by step transformed to Islam in this era. The Ottomans were compelled to cede Adjara to the expanding Russian Empire in 1878.