Baghdati

Town in Imereti, Georgia

Baghdati

ბაღდათი

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Baghdati Town Center

Baghdati

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Baghdati

Baghdati (Imereti)

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Coordinates: 42°4′4″N 42°49′29″E﻿ / ﻿42.06778°N 42.82472°E﻿ / 42.06778; 42.82472
Country| Georgia
Region| Imereti
District| Baghdati
Elevation

| 200 m (700 ft)
Population

(2024)[1]

• Total

| 2,511
Time zone| Georgian Time (UTC+4)
Climate| Cfa

Baghdati (Georgian: ბაღდათი, romanized: baghdati [b̥äɣd̪ät̪ʰi]) is a town of 3,700 people[2] in the Imereti region of western Georgia, at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the river Khanistsqali, a tributary of the Rioni.

## Geography

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The town is located at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the left bank of the river Khanistsqali, 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).

## History

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Baghdati Cathedral

Baghdati is one of the oldest villages in the historical Imereti region.[citation needed] Its name shares the same origins as the name of the capital of Iraq, Baghdād: Bagh 'god' and dāti 'given', which can be translated as "God-given" or "God's gift" in the Pahlavi language. When Georgia was part of the Russian Empire and during the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, its name was changed to Baghdadi (Russian: Багдади).[citation needed] In 1940, it was renamed Mayakovsky (Georgian: მაიაკოვსკი; Russian: Маяковский), after the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky who was born here in 1893.[3] In 1981, Mayakovsky was granted town status.[3] In 1991, the original name, slightly modified, was restored.[3]

## Demographics

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Year  | Population

|

1959 | 4586
1970 | 4609
1979 | 4831
1989 | 5465
2002 | 4714
2009 | 4800
2014 | 3707

Note: Census data 1959–2014[2]

## Notable people

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* Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), poet

## Notes

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1. ^ "Population by regions". National Statistics Office of Georgia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
2. ^ a b National Statistics Office of Georgia, Population Census 2014
3. ^ a b c 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.

## External links

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* Municipality of Baghdati[permanent dead link] (in Georgian)

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