Imereti

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Imereti (Georgian: იმერეთი, pronounced [imeɾetʰi]) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 municipalities and the city of Kutaisi, which is the capital of the region.

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Imereti
იმერეთი
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Overlapping borders of de jure Imereti region and de facto South Ossetia[b]
Country Georgia
CapitalKutaisi
Government
  GovernorZviad Shalamberidze[1] (Georgian Dream)
Area
  Total
6,680 km2 (2,580 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[2]
  Total
442,373
  Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Gross Regional Product
  Total 5.51 billion (2022)
  Per capita 11,444 (2022)
ISO 3166 codeGE-IM
Districts11 districts, 1 city
HDI (2021)0.800 [4]
very high · 3rd
Websiteimereti.ge
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Subdivisions

The Imereti region has one self governing city (Kutaisi) and 11 municipalities with 163 administrative communities (temi), totalling to 549 populated settlements:

Economy

Aside from the capital Kutaisi, significant towns and regional centres include Samtredia, Chiatura (manganese production centre), Tkibuli (coal mining centre), Zestaponi (known for metals production), Vani, Khoni, and Sachkhere. Traditionally, Imereti is an agricultural region, known for its mulberries and grapes.

Demographics

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The 800,000[citation needed] Imeretians speak the Imeretian dialect, one of the Northwest dialects of the Georgian language. It is itself subdivided into Upper and Lower Imeretian.[5] They are one of the local culture-groups of the ethnically subdivided Georgian people.

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Demographic history of the Imereti region[6]
19591970197919892002*2002**20142021
ImeretiIncrease 651,959Increase 718,558Increase 739,189Increase 772,251Decrease 699,410Decrease 632,126Decrease 533,906Decrease 481,473
City of KutaisiIncrease 128,203Increase 162,787Increase 194,297Increase 234,870Decrease 185,965-Decrease 147,635Decrease 134,378
Baghdati MunicipalityIncrease 29,560Increase 30,973Decrease 30,056Decrease 29,053Increase 29,235-Decrease 21,582Decrease 18,363
Chiatura MunicipalityIncrease 64,562Increase 72,059Decrease 69,582Decrease 68,501Decrease 56,341-Decrease 39,884Decrease 38,231
Kharagauli MunicipalityIncrease 36,486Decrease 35,591Decrease 31,948Decrease 28,702Decrease 27,885-Decrease 19,473Decrease 18,571
Khoni MunicipalityIncrease 32,548Increase 32,718Increase 37,968Decrease 34,979Decrease 31,749-Decrease 23,570Decrease 21,123
Sachkhere Municipality***Increase 38,202Increase 45,552Decrease 44,859Increase 44,968Increase 46,590-Decrease 37,775Decrease 34,848
Samtredia MunicipalityIncrease 62,556Increase 67,141Decrease 65,400Decrease 64,504Decrease 60,456-Decrease 48,562Decrease 43,448
Terjola MunicipalityIncrease 43,847Increase 46,438Decrease 44,709Decrease 44,019Increase 45,496-Decrease 35,563Decrease 31,427
Tkibuli MunicipalityIncrease 44,411Decrease 42,733Decrease 39,451Decrease 36,686Increase 31,132-Decrease 20,839Decrease 17,898
Tsqaltubo MunicipalityIncrease 62,389Increase 67,086Increase 69,738Increase 75,061Increase 73,889-Decrease 56,883Decrease 46,803
Vani MunicipalityIncrease 40,999Increase 41,505Decrease 38,346Decrease 35,369Decrease 34,464-Decrease 24,512Decrease 21,241
Zestaponi MunicipalityIncrease 68,196Increase 73,975Decrease 72,835Increase 75,539Increase 76,208-Decrease 57,628Decrease 55,142
* Research after 2014 census showed the 2002 census was inflated by 8-9 percent.[7]
**Corrected data based on retro-projection 1994–2014 in collaboration with UN[8]
*** Part of Sachkhere is outside Georgian government authority and has not been counted since 2002.
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History

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Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi

In ancient times, the region was a part of the Kingdom of Colchis, until it was conquered by the Kingdom of Pontus. After the Third Mithridatic War, Colchis was under loose Roman control, and unsuccessfully revolted in 69 AD under Anicetus.[9] After the collapse of Colchis, the kingdom of Lazica was established in 131 AD as a Roman vassal. Tzath I was the first Christian king of Lazica,[10] being baptized in Constantinople in 523 AD, and fighting alongside Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I in the Iberian War.[11] In 541 AD, the region became the theatre of the Lazic War between Justinian I and Sasanian Persian emperor Khosrow I.[12]

Between 750 and 985, Imereti was ruled by a dynasty of native princes, but was devastated by hostile incursions, reviving only after it became united to Georgia.[12] After the Mongol invasions of Georgia, Imereti was intermittently part of the independent Kingdom of Western Georgia, until being reunited in 1415 as the Duchy of Samokalako under the united Georgian Kingdom.[13] Since that kingdom's disintegration in the 15th century, Imereti was an independent kingdom from 1466 onwards.[14]

In the 17th–18th centuries, the kingdom of Imereti experienced frequent invasions by the Turks and paid patronage to the Ottoman Empire until 1810, when it was invaded and annexed by the Russian Empire. The last King of Imereti was Solomon II (1789–1810).

From 1918 to 1921, Imereti was part of the independent Democratic Republic of Georgia. Within the USSR, the region was part of the Transcaucasian SFSR from 1922 to 1936, and part of the Georgian SSR from 1936 to 1991. Since Georgian independence in 1991, Imereti has been a region of Georgia with Kutaisi as the regional capital.

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Notes

  1. South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.
  2. South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.
  3. Nominal area 6,680 km², de facto controlled by Georgia 6,415 km².

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