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The Kintrishi National Park ( ka, კინტრიშის დაცული ლანდშაფტი) is a 
protected landscape
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in Kobuleti Municipality
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Since 1921, the municipality's territory has been ...
, Adjara
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, Western Georgia
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. Located at the gorge of the Kintrishi River, it was established in 2007.
''Kintrishi Protected Areas'' include Kintrishi National Park and Kintrishi Strict Nature Reserve which was first established in 1959.
The Kintrishi Protected Areas were established to preserve unique flora and fauna and famous Colchian
In classical antiquity and Greco-Roman geography, Colchis (; ) was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi ( ka, ეგრისი) located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia.
Its population, the ...
willow trees. Archeological excavations revealed pre-Christian
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monuments in this areas. Support Programme for Protected Areas in the Caucasus - Georgia (SPPA-Georgia).
See also
* Kintrishi Strict Nature Reserve *Mtirala National Park
Mtirala National Park ( Georgian: მტირალას ეროვნული პარკი; meaning "to cry"; previously, Tsiskara Reserve) is a protected area in Adjara region, Western Georgia.
* Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests
References
National parks of Georgia (country) Protected areas established in 2007 Geography of Adjara Tourist attractions in Adjara {{Georgia-geo-stub