Kutaisi is the 2nd largest city of Georgia.

Kutaisi is the legislative capital, and the capital of the western region of Imereti.

Kutaisi was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Colchis.
Archeological evidence indicates that the city functioned
as the capital of the kingdom of Colchis as early as the second millennium BC.

Kutaisi is located along both banks of the Rioni River.
The city lies at an elevation of 125 -300 m above sea level.
To the east and northeast, Kutaisi is bounded by the Northern Imereti Foothills,
to the north by the Samgurali Range,
and to the west and the south by the Colchis Plain.