Imereti is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 municipalities and the city of Kutaisi, which is the capital of the region.
Image: Aerial tramway, Kutaisi, Sakartvelo 2012 136
Image: Okatse canyon Gruzia 2019 4
Image: Katskhi Pillar
Image: Sulori gorge, near resort of Sulori
Kutaisi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia after Tbilisi and Batumi. Situated 221 kilometres west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, it is the capital of the western region of Imereti.
Image: Downtown Kutaisi & White Bridge as seen from Mt Gora (August 2011) cropped
Image: Kutaisi. A renovated downtown street (Photo A. Muhranoff, 2010)
Image: 2014 Kutaisi, Katedra Bagrati (19)
Kutaisi in 1885