Imereti
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| Imereti (GEORGIA) | |
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| GENERAL INFO | |
| Region ISO 3166 code: | GE-IM |
| Area: | 6,552 km² |
| Population: | 700,000 (2002) |
| Subdivision: | 1 city, 12 regions |
| Provincial Capital: | Kutaisi |
| Governor (Presidential envoy): | Zurab Kajaia (acting) |
Imereti (Georgian: იმერეთი) – Province (Mkhare) in Georgia; situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. The province consists of the following Georgian administrative-territorial units:
- Kutaisi (city)
- Baghdati region
- Zestaponi region
- Terjola region
- Samtredia region
- Sachkhere region
- Tkibuli region
- Chiatura region
- Tskhaltubo region
- Kharagauli region
- Khoni region
The 800,000 Imeretians speak a Georgian dialect; they are one of the local culture-groups of the ethnically subdivided Georgian people. In late antiquity and early Middle Ages the ancient western Georgian kingdom of Egrisi existed on the territory of Imereti. Its king declared Christianity as an official religion of Egrisi in 523 AD. In 975-1466 Imereti was part of the united Georgian Kingdom. Since its disintegration in the 15th century, Imereti was an independent kingdom. In the 17th-18th centuries the kingdom of Imereti suffered frequent invasions by the Turks and recognized to patronage of Ottoman Empire until 1810, when it was occupied and annexed by the Tsarist Russian Empire. The last King of Imereti was Solomon II (1789-1810). From 1918-1921, Imereti was part of the independent Democratic Republic of Georgia. Within the USSR, the region was part of the Transcaucasian Federative Soviet Socialist Republic from 1922-1936, and part of the Georgian SSR from 1936-1991. Since Georgian independence in 1991, Imereti has been a region in the Republic of Georgia with Kutaisi as the regional capital.
See also
| Subdivisions of Georgia | |
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| Autonomous Republics: Abkhazia1 | Adjara | |
| Regions: Guria | Imereti | Kakheti | Kvemo Kartli | Mtskheta-Mtianeti | Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Samtskhe-Javakheti | Shida Kartli2 | |
| City with special status: Tbilisi3
Notes: (1) A self-proclaimed republic which is de-jure part of Georgia; (2) Officially includes also the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia; (3) Capital of Georgia | |
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