Kutaisi, Imereti Region, Georgia

Economy | Transport : Air : Rail | Education

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Kutaisi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated 221 km west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, it is the capital of the western region of Imereti.

Historically one of the major cities of Georgia, it served as political centre of Colchis in the Middle Ages as capital of the Kingdom of Abkhazia and Kingdom of Georgia and later as the capital of the Kingdom of Imereti. From October 2012 to December 2018, Kutaisi was the seat of the Parliament of Georgia as an effort to decentralise the Georgian government.

Economy Kutaisi has traditionally been an important industrial centre in Georgia, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union most of the old manufacturing lines either stopped working or had to greatly reduce their operations. Nevertheless, the city continues to be an important regional centre for the greater Imereti area, acting as a commercial hub for the surrounding countryside. In recent years, the city has started attracting more investment from various multinational corporations.

The Auto Mechanical Plant, originally established in 1945, is located in Kutaisi.

There are two free industrial zones in Kutaisi: The Kutaisi free industrial zone (Kutaisi FIZ) and the Hualing free industrial zone (Hualing FIZ). The Kutaisi FIZ was created in 2009 and was established on the initiative of Fresh Electric, an Egypt-based home appliances producer. The Hualing FIZ operates since 2015, and specializes in wood and stone processing, furniture and mattress production and metal construction. Both of the free industrial zones offer multiple incentives to investors such as tax exemptions and reduced barriers for trade.

In 2019, German solar panel manufacturer AE Solar opened a new, fully automated manufacturing line in Kutaisi. With a total output of 500 MW per year it is the largest solar panel factory under one roof in Europe. During the same year Changan Automobile announced plans to construct an electric car factory in Kutaisi, with an annual production capacity of up to 40,000 vehicles. The company plans to export annually about 20,000 cars to the EU. The factory plans to employ about 3,000 people.

Transport: Air David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (IATA: KUT, ICAO: UGKO) is an airport located 14ย km (8.70ย mi) west of Kutaisi. It is one of three international airports currently in operation in Georgia.

Transport: Rail Kutaisi has two main railway stations, along with multiple smaller ones. Direct inter-city, as well as suburban railway services, are provided to Tbilisi (Central) and other major cities across the country. The rail operator on all lines is Georgian Railways.

Education Higher educational institutions in Kutaisi: โ€ข Akaki Tsereteli State University โ€ข Kutaisi International University โ€ข Georgian State University of Subtropical Agriculture โ€ข Kutaisi University (Unik) โ€ข Cadets Military Lyceum of Georgia.

Kutaisi, Imereti Region, Georgia 

Kutaisi has a population of over 147,600 people. Kutaisi also forms the centre of the wider Imereti district which has a population of over 486,986 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Kutaisi see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Kutaisi is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Literature see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Kutaisi has links with:

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Ashkelon, Israel ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Columbia, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Columbia, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Dnipro, Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Ganja, Azerbaijan ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Gomel, Belarus ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Kars, Turkey ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท KarลŸฤฑyaka, Turkey ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Kaunas, Lithuania ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Kharkiv, Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Laiwu, China ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lviv, Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Maribor, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Mykolaiv, Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Mykolayiv, Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Nanchang, China ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Newport, Wales ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poznaล„, Poland ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Sumy, Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Szombathely, Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Tartu, Estonia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Ungheni, Moldova ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Valka, Latvia ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Zhytomyr, Ukraine
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UNESCO Creative Cities for Literature include: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Angoulรชme ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Baghdad ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Beirut ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Bremen ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Bucheon ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Buffalo City ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Dublin ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Dunedin ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Durban ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Edinburgh ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Exeter ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Granada ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Heidelberg ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Hobart ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Iaศ™i ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iowa City ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Kozhikode ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Krakรณw ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kuhmo ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Kutaisi ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Lahore ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Leeuwarden ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Lillehammer ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ljubljana ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lviv ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Lyon ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Manchester ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Melbourne ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Milan ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Montevideo ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Nanjing ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Norwich ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Nottingham ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น ร“bidos ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Odessa ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Okayama ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Prague ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Quรฉbec City ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Reykjavรญk ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Rio de Janeiro ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Seattle ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Slemani ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Sulaymaniyah ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Taif ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Tartu ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Tukums ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Ulyanovsk ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Utrecht ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Wonju

Antipodal to Kutaisi is: -137.293,-42.264

Locations Near: Kutaisi 42.7075,42.264

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Zestafoni 43.033,42.1 d: 32.5  

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Zestaponi 43.033,42.1 d: 32.5  

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Ozurgeti 42.005,41.922 d: 69.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Zugdidi 41.85,42.5 d: 75.2  

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Adjara 42,41.65 d: 89.9  

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Kobuleti 41.787,41.818 d: 90.8  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Ardahan 42.702,41.111 d: 128.3  

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Akhalkalaki 43.487,41.407 d: 115.1  

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Batumi 41.655,41.643 d: 111.1  

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Gori 44.11,41.981 d: 119.8  

Antipodal to: Kutaisi -137.293,-42.264

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17029.4  

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15779.4  

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15552.7  

๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15441.8  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 14764.8  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14817.9  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 14817.9  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 14608.8  

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Concepciรณn -73.05,-36.817 d: 14604  

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12883.9  

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