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Region (mkhare) of Georgia
Mkhare in Georgia
Imereti (Georgian : იმერეთი) 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.
Subdivisions
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The Imereti region has one self governing city (Kutaisi ) and 11 municipalities with 163 administrative communities (temi), totalling to 549 populated settlements:
Eleven cities: Baghdati , Chiatura , Khoni , Kutaisi , Sachkhere , Samtredia , Terjola , Tkibuli , Tsqaltubo , Vani and Zestaponi ;
Three dabas: Kharagauli , Kulashi and Shorapani ;
Villages: 535
Economy
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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 .
Demographic history of the Imereti region[6]
1959
1970
1979
1989
2002*
2002**
2014
2021
Imereti
651,959
718,558
739,189
772,251
699,410
632,126
533,906
481,473
City of Kutaisi
128,203
162,787
194,297
234,870
185,965
-
147,635
134,378
Baghdati Municipality
29,560
30,973
30,056
29,053
29,235
-
21,582
18,363
Chiatura Municipality
64,562
72,059
69,582
68,501
56,341
-
39,884
38,231
Kharagauli Municipality
36,486
35,591
31,948
28,702
27,885
-
19,473
18,571
Khoni Municipality
32,548
32,718
37,968
34,979
31,749
-
23,570
21,123
Sachkhere Municipality ***
38,202
45,552
44,859
44,968
46,590
-
37,775
34,848
Samtredia Municipality
62,556
67,141
65,400
64,504
60,456
-
48,562
43,448
Terjola Municipality
43,847
46,438
44,709
44,019
45,496
-
35,563
31,427
Tkibuli Municipality
44,411
42,733
39,451
36,686
31,132
-
20,839
17,898
Tsqaltubo Municipality
62,389
67,086
69,738
75,061
73,889
-
56,883
46,803
Vani Municipality
40,999
41,505
38,346
35,369
34,464
-
24,512
21,241
Zestaponi Municipality
68,196
73,975
72,835
75,539
76,208
-
57,628
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.
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, being baptized in Constantinople in 523 AD, and fighting alongside Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I in the Iberian War . 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.
See also
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Notes
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^ Nominal area 6,680 km², de facto controlled by Georgia 6,415 km².
References
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^ "Population and Demography - Population by cities and boroughs as of 1 January" . National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Retrieved 2021-11-26 .
^ "Regional Gross Domestic Product" (PDF) .
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab" . hdi.globaldatalab.org . Retrieved 2018-09-13 .
^ Kevin Tuite (1987). The geography of Georgian q'e (PDF) . 5th Conference on the Non-Slavic Languages of the USSR, Chicago. Retrieved 2007-03-27 .
^ "Divisions of Georgia" . Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR . Retrieved 2022-02-04 .
^ "Population Dynamics in Georgia - An Overview Based on the 2014 General Population Census Data" (PDF) . National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat . 2017-11-29. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 2022-02-04 .
^ "Retro-projection of main demographic indicators for the period 1994-2014" . National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat . 2018-05-18. pp. 3, Table 1. Retrieved 2022-02-04 .
^ Woods, David (2006). "Tacitus, Nero, and the 'Pirate' Anicetus" in Latomus 65(3 )
^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Imeretia ". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 331.
^ Brosset, Marie-Félicité (1849). Histoire de la Géorgie, depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle - 1re partie . St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences .
^ Brosset, Marie-Félicité (1856). Histoire de la Géorgie depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle - IIe partie: Histoire moderne . Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
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