Şavşat, Artvin Province, East Black Sea Region, Türkiye
🇹🇷 Şavşat is a town and district of Artvin Province in the Black Sea region, between the cities of Artvin and Kars on the border with Georgia at the far eastern end of Turkey.
Like most districts of Artvin this is a beautiful hilly area surrounded by high mountains on all sides, including the 3,537-metre (11,604 ft) Karçkal mountains to the west, and watered by many mountain streams and pools. There are trout in the largest, Şavşat Karagöl lake and a number of mineral water springs. The area has a cold inland climate, somewhat tempered by being above the Black Sea coast, but at these altitudes winter lasts a long time; it snows from November to April. The mountains are covered with pine forest, with some broadleaf forest at lower elevations.
In this landscape there is little agricultural land, no industry and the only real potential income is from tourism (people on trekking holidays), herding animals on the mountainside and beekeeping. There are some fruit trees (mainly pears and apples) and some potatoes are grown in the Çoruh River valley floor. Of the land area 13% can be planted while 27% is used for grazing, 42% is forest and 17% is high mountain.
The town of Şavşat is small and has few amenities.
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Şavşat has a population of over 17,660 people. Şavşat also forms part of the wider Artvin Province which has a population of over 169,543 people. Şavşat is situated 85 km east of Artvin.
Şavşat is a member of the Cittaslow Network with: 🇮🇪 Clonakilty 🇹🇷 Gerze 🇨🇾 Lefka 🇹🇷 Eğirdir 🇨🇳 Jingyang 🇮🇹 Trevi 🇵🇱 Olsztynek 🇳🇴 Ulvik 🇵🇹 Sao Bras de Alportel 🇵🇱 Nowe Miasto Lubawskie 🇦🇺 Goolwa 🇹🇷 Yenipazar 🇮🇹 Castel San Pietro Terme 🇮🇹 Acquapendente 🇮🇹 Chiavenna 🇮🇹 Caiazzo 🇵🇱 Morąg 🇩🇰 Mariagerfjord 🇮🇹 Montefalco 🇧🇪 Jurbise
🇪🇸 Vilanova i la Geltrú 41.224
🇪🇸 El Vendrell 41.22
🇷🇺 Volgodonsk 42.15
🇸🇾 Al-Malikiyah 42.133
🇪🇹 Harar Jugol 42.117
🇷🇺 Borisoglebsk 42.083
🇷🇺 Mikhaylovsk 42.039
Locations Near: Şavşat 42.35,41.2333
🇹🇷 Ardahan 42.702,41.111 d: 32.5
🇬🇪 Ozurgeti 42.005,41.922 d: 81.8
🇬🇪 Batumi 41.655,41.643 d: 73.7
🇬🇪 Kobuleti 41.787,41.818 d: 80.1
🇬🇪 Kutaisi 42.708,42.264 d: 118.4
🇬🇪 Zestafoni 43.033,42.1 d: 111.8
🇬🇪 Zestaponi 43.033,42.1 d: 111.8
🇬🇪 Akhalkalaki 43.487,41.407 d: 96.9
Antipodal to: Şavşat -137.65,-41.233
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17145.1
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15848.6
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15641.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15529.2
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13002
🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 14697.3
🇨🇱 San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 14547.5
🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14746.8
🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14746.8