Imereti
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Imereti (Georgie: იმერეთი) is a province in Georgie situatit alang the middle an upper reaches o the Rioni river.
Imereti იმერეთი | |
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Province | |
Coordinates: 42°10′N 42°59′E | |
Kintra | Georgie |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Zviad Shalamberidze |
Area | |
• Total | 6552 km2 (2,530 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 533,906 |
• Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+4 |
Region ISO 3166 code | GE-IM |
Caipital | Kutaisi |
Destricts | 11 destricts, 1 ceety |
Website | imereti.ge |
In late antiquity an early Middle Ages the auncient wastren Georgie kinrick o Egrisi existit on the territory o Imereti. Its king declared Christianity as an offeecial releegion o Egrisi in 523 AD. In 975-1466 Imereti wis pairt o the unitit Georgie Kinrick. Syne its disintegration in the 15t century, Imereti wis an independent kinrick.
In the 17t-18t centuries the kinrick of Imereti suffered frequent invasions bi the Turks an recognizit tae patronage o Ottoman Empire till 1810, when it wis annexed bi the Roushie Empire. The last king o Imereti wis Solomon II (1789-1810).
Frae 1918 tae 1921, Imereti wis pairt o the independent Democratic Republic o Georgie. Athin the USSR, the region wis pairt o the Transcaucasian SFSR frae 1922–1936, an pairt o the Georgie SSR frae 1936–1991. Syne Georgie unthirldom in 1991, Imereti haes been a region in the Georgie wi Kutaisi as the regional caipital.