| Official Name: | Kulashi | ||||||||
| Native Name: | Georgian: კულაში | ||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Town | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Georgia#Georgia Imereti | ||||||||
| Mapsize: | 280px | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kulashi in Georgia##Location of Kulashi in Imereti | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Mkhare | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Imereti | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | District | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Samtredia District | ||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2014 | ||||||||
| Population Total: | 1,702 | ||||||||
| Blank1 Name: | Climate | ||||||||
| Blank1 Info: | Cfa | ||||||||
| Timezone: | Georgian Time | ||||||||
| Utc Offset: | +4 | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 42.2042°N 42.3456°W | ||||||||
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Kulashi (Georgian: კულაში) is a small town (daba) in Imereti, Georgia with the population of around 1,702 as of 2014.[1] It is located 5 km from the town of Samtredia. It first appears in the 16th century records as a fief of the Mikeladze family. It was granted the status of daba in 1961.
Kulashi had formerly been a home to one of the largest Georgian Jewish community, whose size has significantly decreased due to several waves of Jewish expatriation to Israel.[2] As such, it had sometimes been referred to as the "Jerusalem of Georgia". Among the prominent Jews who came from Kulashi are Ephraim Gur and businessman .[3]