Baghdati

Baghdati (Georgian: ბაღდათი, romanized: baghdati) is a town of 3,700 people[1] in the Imereti region of western Georgia, at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the river Khanistskali, a tributary of the Rioni.

Baghdati

ბაღდათი
Town
Baghdati Cathedral
Baghdati
Baghdati
Baghdati
Baghdati (Imereti)
Coordinates: 42.070599°N 42.823961°E / 42.070599; 42.823961
CountryGeorgia
RegionImereti
DistrictBaghdati
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total3,707
 [1]
Time zoneGeorgian Time (UTC+4)
ClimateCfa

Geography

The town is located at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the left bank of the Khanistskali River, about 170 kilometres (110 mi) west-northwest of Tbilisi and 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-southeast of Kutaisi.

The climate of Baghdati can be classified as moderately humid subtropical (Köppen climate classification Cfa).

Hotels

1. Guesthouse Zedafoni / https://zedafoni.com

History
A church in Baghdati

Baghdati is one of the oldest villages in the historical Imereti region. Its name shares the same origins as the name of the capital of Iraq, Baghdad: خدا Bag "god" and هدیه dāti "given", which can be translated as "God-given" or "God's gift" in old Persian. When Georgia was part of the Russian Empire and during the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, its name was changed to Baghdadi (Russian: Багдади). In 1940, it was renamed Mayakovsky (Georgian: მაიაკოვსკი; Russian: Маяковский), after the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky who was born here in 1893.[2] In 1981, Mayakovsky was granted town status.[2] In 1991, slightly modified original name was restored.[2]

Demographics
Year Population
19594586
19704609
19794831
19895465
20024714
20094800
20143707
Note: Census data 1959–2014[1]

Economy

In Baghdati there is a furniture factory and companies in the food industry (canned food, wine). The nearest railway stations are located in Rioni and Kutaisi.

Culture
V. Mayakovsky House Museum

Baghdati has the Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum and a National Theatre.

Notable people
  • Town center
  • A park in the town center
  • Baghdati Cathedral located in the town center
  • Khanistskali River flowing in the town

Notes
  1. National Statistics Office of Georgia, Population Census 2014
  2. Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary.) Москва, "Русские словари", 1993, p. 30.
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