Baghdati
Baghdati (Template:Lang-ka Template:IPA) is a town of 3,700 people<ref name="Census 2014">National Statistics Office of Georgia, Population Census 2014</ref> 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 Template:Convert west-northwest of Tbilisi and Template:Convert 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.Template: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 (Template:Langx).Template:Citation needed In 1940, it was renamed Mayakovsky (Template:Lang-ka; Template:Langx), after the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky who was born here in 1893.<ref name="Pospelov">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.</ref> In 1981, Mayakovsky was granted town status.<ref name="Pospelov" /> In 1991, the original name, slightly modified, was restored.<ref name="Pospelov" />
Demographics
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1959 | 4586 |
| 1970 | 4609 |
| 1979 | 4831 |
| 1989 | 5465 |
| 2002 | 4714 |
| 2009 | 4800 |
| 2014 | 3707 |
- Note: Census data 1959–2014<ref name="Census 2014" />
Notable people
- Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), poet
Notes
External links
- Municipality of BaghdatiTemplate:Dead link (in Georgian)