Georgia
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| Basic Facts |
| Country name |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Georgia local long form: none local short form: Sak'art'velo former: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Gevernment type | republic |
| Capital |
name: T'bilisi
geographic coordinates: 41 43 N, 44 49 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Flag description | white rectangle, in its central portion a red cross connecting all four sides of the flag; in each of the four corners is a small red bolnur-katskhuri cross; the five-cross flag appears to date back to the 14th century |
| Currency | lari (GEL) |
| Internet country code | .ge |
| Ports and terminals | Bat'umi, P'ot'i |
| Agriculture products | citrus, grapes, tea, hazelnuts, vegetables; livestock |
| Industries | steel, aircraft, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining (manganese and copper), chemicals, wood products, wine |
| Geography |
| Location | Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia |
| Coordinates | 42 00 N, 43 30 E |
| Continent | Asia |
| Area |
total: 69,700 sq km
land: 69,700 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Boundaries |
total: 1,461 km
border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km |
| Coastline | 310 km |
| Climate | warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast |
| Terrain | largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland |
| Natural resources | forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth |
| Natural hazards | earthquakes |
| People |
| Population | 4,661,473 (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Georgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5% (2002 census) |
| Religions | Orthodox Christian 83.9%, Muslim 9.9%, Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%, Catholic 0.8%, other 0.8%, none 0.7% (2002 census) |
| Languages | Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7%
note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia |
