Kutaisi
Kutaisi (/kuːˈtaɪsiː/ koo-TIE-see, 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.
Kutaisi
ქუთაისი | |
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Top to bottom: Downtown Kutaisi & White Bridge as seen from Mt Gora, A downtown street, Bagrati Cathedral in 2014 | |
Kutaisi Kutaisi (Imereti) Kutaisi Kutaisi (Imereti) | |
| Coordinates: 42°15′0″N 42°42′0″E | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Region (Mkhare) | Imereti |
| Established | 13th century BC |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Kutaisi City Assembly |
| • Mayor | Ioseb Khakhaleishvili (GD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67.7 km2 (26.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2023 census) | |
| • Total | 130,411 |
| • Estimate (2020) | 135,201 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| Population by ethnicity | |
| • Georgians | 99.0 % |
| • Russians | 0.36 % |
| • Ukrainians | 0.10 % |
| • Armenians | 0.09 % |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgian Time) |
| Postal code | 4600-4699 |
| Area code | (+995) 431 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | kutaisi |
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 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.
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