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Apollonius Rhodius, "Argonautica", III c. B.C. Kutaisi is one of the most beautiful and ancient Georgian cities situated in West Georgia on both banks of the picturesque Rioni river. The city itself is mentioned in the ancient Greek "Argos" epos as the capital of old Kolkheti... |
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GEORGIA - General information |
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Territory 69.5 sq. m
Population 4.315.200 (2004 y.)
Density of the population — 75.6 men per sq. m
The Georgians call their country “Sakartvelo” which means land of the Georgians. Georgians are the indigenous population of the country which is confirmed by a great number of sources such as material monuments or recorded annals. |
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During the long history, Kutaisi was the capital of kolchi, Egris-Lazika, Abkhazeti and the United Georgia. In the period of feudal dispersion, Kutaisi became the capital of Imereti Kingdom. Kutaisi reached the top in 975-1014 years-during the reign of the king of the United Georgia Bagrati III, whose provident polishisled to a foundation of a Cathedral. And this Cathedral was sancitified on Behalf of. St. Mariam... Read More... |
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Gelati monastry had imagined one of the developted cultural centers in the middle century. Eleven kilometres to the east of Kuataisi, not very far from the town, in a picturesque ravine of the Tsqaltsitela River is situated the Gelati Monastry. The Gelati monastry was founded at the beginning of the 12th century, the period with the most significant historical events in Gergia... Read More... |
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Aia, the same as Kutaisi, used to be the capital of the Georgian United Kingdom in the years of 975-1122. By its size Kutaisi is the second city in Georgia. It is located on the banks of the river Rioni. The summer here is rather hot and dry...
Kutaisi operates eleven hotels the total capacities of which reach 962 accommodations (of which 798 are currently extended for internally displaced persons, who were forced to escape from the ethnical conflict zones within the country)... 
Kutaisi is situated in the central part of the western Georgia. The city is settled on the territory where the river Rhioni takes off from a narrow, but rather deep, canyon and spates over flat lowland. Geographic coordinates of Kutaisi are 420 150 West and 420 450 North... 