Khelvachauri (Georgian: ხელვაჩაური [χelʷatʃʰauɾi]) is a neighborhood of Batumi in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in the southwest of Georgia, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of the regional capital Batumi and situated on the right bank of the Chorokhi River.

[2] The territorial transfer also included the locations of the administrative centers of the Municipality of Khelvachauri.

Since then, roughly 1,100 people live in the village, which name is derived from the Khelvachadze family.

During the Russo-Georgian War in 2008, several targets near Khelvachauri were bombed by the Russian air force, including a military base[3][4] that had been handed over by the Russian army a year earlier as part of the agreed departure from Georgia.

[5] Until the end of 2007, the Russian 12th Military Base was located in Batumi and Khelvachauri.