Baslata

Baslata is a suburb in Abkhazia, Georgia and has about 2,290 residents. Baslata is situated nearby to the suburb Anuarkyt, as well as near the village Byrtsv.

Type: Suburb with 2,290 residents
Description: village in Georgia, Sokhumi Municipality
Also known as: “Besleti”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bagrat Fortress and Sukhumi Botanical Garden.

Bagrat Fortress

Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bagrat's Castle is a ruined medieval castle near Sokhumi, Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia, close to the Black Sea coast. It is named after the Georgian king Bagrat, either Bagrat III or Bagrat IV, and traditionally dated to the late 10th or 11th century.

Sukhumi Botanical Garden

Park

Photo: Игорь С, CC BY 2.5.

The Sukhumi Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the Caucasus.

Abkhaz State Drama Theatre

Theater building

Photo: karel291, CC BY 3.0.

Abkhaz State Drama Theatre is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sukhumi and Abzhanda.

Sukhumi

Photo: Игорь С, CC BY 2.5.

Sukhum is the capital and principal city of Abkhazia. It has for the better part of the last century been famous throughout the former Soviet Union as a prominent subtropical beach resort, complete with palm trees, botanical gardens, and citrus plantations, backed by the high alpine peaks of the Greater Caucasus Mountains.

Abzhanda

Village

Linda or Ülem-Linda is a village in Abkhazia, Georgia. The village was established by Estonians in 1884. It had a school and a prayer house. Due to the War in Abkhazia the village was hit particularly hard due to its proximity to Sukhumi. Abzhanda is situated 3½ km northeast of Baslata.