Baghdati
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Baghdati
ბაღდათი | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Baghdati Town Center | |
  Baghdati Baghdati  Baghdati Baghdati (Imereti) | |
| Coordinates: 42°4′4″N 42°49′29″E / 42.06778°N 42.82472°E | |
| 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 |
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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
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
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
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1959 | 4586 |
| 1970 | 4609 |
| 1979 | 4831 |
| 1989 | 5465 |
| 2002 | 4714 |
| 2009 | 4800 |
| 2014 | 3707 |
- Note: Census data 1959–2014[2]
Notable people
- Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), poet
Notes
- ^ "Population by regions". National Statistics Office of Georgia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ a b National Statistics Office of Georgia, Population Census 2014
- ^ 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
- Municipality of Baghdati[permanent dead link] (in Georgian)
