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| | Ajar Autonomous Republic: Basic Facts |
 | | Ajara covers an area of 2,900 square kilometers, its population is over 400 000 people which consists of more than 80 nationalities and ethnic groups including Georgians, Russians, Ukrainians, Armenians, Greeks, Jews, and others. |
 | | The average annual temperature in Ajara highlands is 14,5°Ñ, in its lowlands part it ranges between 22°C and 28°C. The country is rich in various natural resources such as lodes of copper and polymetals containing precious and rare elements, quarries, stone deposits supplying gem and stonework industries, springs of mineral and fresh water. |
 | | The Ajara forests occupy the territory of 186965 hectares. |
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