Capital of Georgia:
TbilisiArea of Georgia: 69,700 km² (26,911 mi²) (
121th)
Population of Georgia: 3,807,670 (
131th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Northwestern Caucasus region of Eurasia
Languages of Georgia: Georgian (official) 87.6%, Azeri 6.2%,
Armenian 3.9%,
Russian 1.2%, other 1% (including
Abkhaz, the official language in Abkhazia) (2014 est.)
Religions of Georgia: Georgian Orthodox (official) 83.4%,
Muslim 10.7%,
Armenian Apostolic Church 2.9%,
other 1.2% (includes Roman Catholic Christian, Jehovah's Witness, Yazidi, Protestant Christian, Jewish),
none 0.5%, unspecified/no answer 1.2% (2014 est.)
Currency:
Georgian lari (₾) (
GEL)
Calling code: (
+995)
Organizations: United Nations, Commonwealth of Independent States
Border countries (4):
Armenia 219 km,
Azerbaijan 428 km,
Russia 894 km,
Turkey 273 km.
Coastline: Black Sea 310 km (190 mi)
Maritime boundaries: Black Sea
Administrative divisions of Georgia
9 regions (mkharebi, singular - mkhare),
1 city (kalaki),
and 2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom respublika)
Regions: Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli; note - the breakaway region of South Ossetia consists of the northern part of Shida Kartli, eastern slivers of the Imereti region and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, and part of western Mtskheta-Mtianeti.
City: Tbilisi.
Autonomous republics: Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri Respublika (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika (Bat'umi).
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note 1: the administrative centers of the two autonomous republics are shown in parentheses.
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note 2: the United States recognizes the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be part of Georgia.
Natural resources: timber, hydropower,
manganese deposits,
iron ore,
copper, minor
coal and
petroleum deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important
tea and
citrus growth.