Imereti

Imereti
იმერეთი
Overlapping borders of de jure Imereti region and de facto South Ossetia[a]
Overlapping borders of de jure Imereti region and de facto South Ossetia[a]
Country Georgia
CapitalKutaisi
Government
 • GovernorZviad Shalamberidze[1] (Georgian Dream)
Area
 • Total6,680 km2 (2,580 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total481,473
 • Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Gross Regional Product
 • Total 5.51 billion (2022)
 • Per capita 11,444 (2022)
ISO 3166 codeGE-IM
Districts11 districts, 1 city
HDI (2021)0.800 [4]
very high · 3rd
Websiteimereti.ge

Imereti (Georgian: იმერეთი) 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.


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  1. ^ "New Governor of Imereti Appointed".
  2. ^ "Population and Demography - Population by cities and boroughs as of 1 January". National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  3. ^ "Regional Gross Domestic Product" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.