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About
About Kutaisi
Kutaisi ( koo-TY-see; Georgian: ქუთაისი pronounced [ˈkʰut̪ʰais̪i] ) is a city in the Imereti region of the Republic of Georgia. One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it is the third-largest city in Georgia after Tbilisi and Batumi with a population of 160,971 as of 2025. It lies 221 kilometres (137 miles) west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, and is the capital of Imereti. Historically one of the major cities of Georgia, Kutaisi served as the political center of Colchis in the Middle Ages as the 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 decentralize the Georgian government.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 301 BCE
- Excavation
- Not applicable
On the ground
Structures & features
42.2500° N · 42.7000° E · 9 mapped features
- Neighborhoods of Kutaisistructure42.2500° N · 42.7000° E
- Quality images of Kutaisistructure42.2500° N · 42.7000° E
- Aia Arenastructure42.2500° N · 42.7000° E
- Kutaisi in artstructure42.2500° N · 42.7000° E
- Black and white photographs of Kutaisistructure42.2500° N · 42.7000° E
- Cityscapes of Kutaisistructure42.2500° N · 42.7000° E
- FC Torpedo Kutaisistructure42.2500° N · 42.7000° E
- Ferris wheels in Kutaisistructure42.2500° N · 42.7000° E
- History of Kutaisistructure42.2500° N · 42.7000° E
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