Zugdidi Municipality is located in the central part of western Georgia, and has an area of 692 square kilometres (267 sq mi).

During the Hellenistic period, an important trade route passed through the territory of modern Zugdidi municipality from Svaneti, on the river.

In the first half of the 17th century, the chief of Samegrelo, Levan II Dadiani, made Zugdidi his capital city.

In order to develop trade in Zugdidi, in 1636 Levan II Dadiani deported the Chkhareli Armenian and Jewish merchants who had been taken to the ransom of King George Imereti.

In 1662, King Vakhtang V of Kartli (1658–1675), enraged by the third Vamek III of Odisha, invaded Samegrelo and took Rukhi Fortress.

In the 1670s, the attacks of Abkhazians on Samegrelo and especially on Zugdidi became more frequent, their Marbelian detachments razed everything to the ground, looted temples, and completely destroyed Chirnakhuli.

The enemy army was severely defeated and western Georgia escaped another devastating invasion, the angry population of Mount Urta returned to their homes.

Accumulated Odisha lowland with flat surface (west and south-western part of the municipality up to the Black Sea), 2.

Uneven terrestrial heating, the presence of mountainous terrain and the proximity of the relatively warm Black Sea lead to the formation of winds of different directions and strengths.

Many of the water bodies in the territory of Zugdidi Municipality are rivers, swamps and springs, which have played an important role in the economic and traffic relations of the local population since time immemorial.

Mamuka Tsotseria of Georgian Dream (GD) was elected mayor after a hotly contested second round against a candidate of United national Movement (UNM).

[10][11] After several attempts, the opposition parties UNM and For Georgia agreed to a chairman of the Sakrebulo, four months after the elections.

[2] Among the 58 villages in Zugdidi Municipality are: Alertkari, Kolkhida, Chitatskari, Narazeni, Tsatskhvi, Darcheli, Rukhi, Urta, Sintsa, Didi Nedzi, Jikhashkari, Qulishkari, Odishi, Kortskheli, Bashi, Didobera, Ergeta, Tkaia, Kakhati, Ganarjiis Mukhuri, Shamgona, Tsaishi, Abastumani, Chkhoria, Riqe, Zeda Etseri, Chkaduashi, Ingiri, Akhalkakhati, Anaklia, Oktomberi, Orulu, Onaria, Orsantia, Akhalsopheli, Koki, Khurcha.

There are a few hundred Russians (0.2%) and smaller numbers of ethnic minorities such as Ukrainians, Bosha, Armenians, Assyrians, Abkhazians, Ossetians and Greeks.

The vast majority of the population is Orthodox Christian (98%), while the only other religious minorities detected through the census are roughly 350 Jehovah's Witnesses who predominantly live in the city of Zugdidi, and a few dozen Muslims.

The historic Zugdidi Uyezd, that existed until 1930 and contained the modern municipalities Tsalenjikha, Chkhorotsku and the majority of Khobi, had a population of 114,869 in 1897.