Imereti

Imereti

Infobox Region of Georgia
name = Imereti
fullname = Imereti Region
fullname_local = იმერეთის მხარე
fullname_tran = Imeretis Mkhare
iso = GE-IM
capital = Kutaisi speedy-image-c|2007-06-02
governor = Irakli Chogovadze
districts = 10 districts, 1 city
area = 6,552
population = 700,000 (2002)
administrative

historical

Imereti Province (Georgian: იმერეთი მხარე "Imereti Mxare") is a province in Georgia situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. It consists of the following Georgian administrative-territorial units:

#Kutaisi (city)
#Baghdati region
#Vani region
#Zestaponi region
#Terjola region
#Samtredia region
#Sachkhere region
#Tkibuli region
#Chiatura region
#Tskhaltubo region
#Kharagauli region
#Khoni region

The province's main city is Kutaisi; other urban industrial centers include Samtredia, Chiatura (manganese production centre), Tkibuli (coal mining centre), Zestaponi (known for metals production), Khoni, and Sachkhere. Traditionally, Imereti is an agricultural region, known for its mulberries and grapes.

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 SFSR 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.

ee also

*Kingdom of Imereti

External links

* [http://www.Imereti.com Imereti.com - The Guide to Imereti, Georgia, Sakartvelo]
* [http://www.imereti.ge/?sec_id=4&lang_id=ENG Official website]

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