Kutaisi

Kutaisi
ქუთაისი
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Downtown Kutaisi & White Bridge as seen from Mt Gora,
A downtown street,
Bagrati Cathedral in 2014
Kutaisi is located in Georgia
Kutaisi
Kutaisi
Kutaisi (Imereti)
Kutaisi is located in Imereti
Kutaisi
Kutaisi
Kutaisi (Imereti)
Coordinates: 42°15′0″N 42°42′0″E / 42.25000°N 42.70000°E / 42.25000; 42.70000
Country Georgia
Region (Mkhare)Imereti
Established13th century BC[a][b]
Government
 • TypeMayor–Council
 • BodyKutaisi City Assembly
 • MayorIoseb Khakhaleishvili (GD) [3]
Area
 • Total67.7 km2 (26.1 sq mi)
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2024)[4]
 • Total125,589
 • Density1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
Population by ethnicity[5]
 • Georgians99.0 %
 • Russians0.36 %
 • Ukrainians0.10 %
 • Armenians0.09 %
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Time)
Postal code
4600-4699
Area code(+995) 431
ClimateCfa
Websitekutaisi.gov.ge
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Kutaisi (/kˈts/ koo-TIE-see,[6] Georgian: ქუთაისი pronounced [kʰutʰaisi] ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia after Tbilisi and Batumi. Situated 221 kilometres (137 miles) west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, it is the capital of the western region of Imereti.

Historically one of the major cities of Georgia, it served as political center of Colchis in the Middle Ages as capital of the Kingdom of Abkhazia[7] and Kingdom of Georgia and later as the capital of the Kingdom of Imereti. From October 2012 to December 2018, Kutaisi was the seat of the Parliament of Georgia as an effort to decentralise the Georgian government.

  1. ^ Toponymy as Documentary Material Confirming Historical and Cultural Kinship (Astionym “Kutaia/Kutaisi” and aspects of centuries-old relations between Greece and Georgia). IAI Academic Conference Proceedings, Venice, 27 March 2023. p.p. 23-26.
  2. ^ მიხეილ თამარაშვილი „ქართული ეკლესია დასაბამიდან დღემდე“. საქართველოს პარლამენტის ეროვნული ბიბლიოთეკა, წიგნადი ფონდი. გვერდი 86.
  3. ^ "The Mayor of Kutaisi: iosib khakhaleishvili". Kutasai Municipality. Archived from the original on 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  4. ^ "Population by regions". National Statistics Office of Georgia. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Ethnic composition of Georgia 2014". mashke.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-04.
  6. ^ ""Kutaisi", Dictionary.com". Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  7. ^ Bondyrev, Igor V; Davitashvili, Zurab V; Singh, V. P (2015). The geography of Georgia: problems and perspectives. ISBN 978-3-319-05413-1. OCLC 912320815.


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