Georgia

Georgia

sovereign state

Year dem found am	25 December 1991
Native label	საქართველო
Short name	🇬🇪
IPA transcription	ɡɛˈɔɾɡjɑ
Religion anaa worldview	Georgian Orthodox Church
Participant insyd	War in Abkhazia, Iraq War, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), Russo-Georgian War
Dem name after	Georgians
Official language	Georgian, Abkhaz
Anthem	Tavisupleba
Culture	culture of Georgia
Motto	Dzala ertobashia
Motto text	ძალა ერთობაშია
Continent	Europe
Country	Georgia
Capital	Tbilisi
Located in time zone	UTC+04:00, Georgia Time
Located in/on physical feature	Caucasus
Coordinate location	42°0′0″N 44°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	41°17′6″N 46°44′10″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	43°34′48″N 40°15′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	41°3′19″N 46°29′38″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	43°23′16″N 40°0′28″E
Highest point	Shkhara
Lowest point	Black Sea
Government ein basic form	semi-presidential system, unitary state, parliamentary republic, republic
Office held by head of state	President of Georgia
State ein head	Salome Zourabichvili
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Georgia
Government ein head	Irakli Kobakhidze
Executive body	Government of Georgia
Legislative body	Parliament of Georgia
Highest judicial authority	Constitutional Court of Georgia
Currency	Georgian lari
Dey share bother plus	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Schuko
Dey follow	Kingdom of the Iberians, First Kingdom of Kakheti, Kingdom of Lori
Dey replace	Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Hashtag	Georgia
Top-level Internet domain	.ge
Main regulatory text	Constitution of Georgia
Flag	flag of Georgia
Coat of arms	Coat of arms of Georgia
Geography of topic	geography of Georgia
Get characteristic	partly free country
History of topic	History of Georgia
Patron saint	Saint George
Railway traffic side	right
Open data portal	opendata.ge
Economy of topic	economy of Georgia
Demographics of topic	demographics of Georgia
Mobile country code	282
Country calling code	+995
Trunk prefix	0
Emergency phone number	112, 111, 113, 122
GS1 country code	486
Licence plate code	GE
Maritime identification digits	213
NCI Thesaurus ID	C16634
Unicode character	🇬🇪
Category for honorary citizens of entity	Category:Honorary citizens of Georgia
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Georgia

Georgia be a country insyd Eastern Europe den West Asia. Ebe part of de Caucasus region, bound by de Black Sea to de west, Russia to de north den northeast, Turkey to de southwest, Armenia to de south, den Azerbaijan to de southeast. Georgia dey cover an area of 69,700 square kilometres (26,900 sq mi). E get a population of 3.7 million, of wich over a third live insyd de capital den largest city, Tbilisi. Georgians, wey be native to de region, constitute a majority of de country ein population wey be ein titular nation.

Government den politics

Administrative divisions

Map of Georgia wey dey highlight de disputed territories of Abkhazia den Tskhinvali Region (South Ossetia), both of wich be outsyd de control of de central government of Georgia

Region	Centre	Area (km2)	Population	Density
Abkhazia	Sukhumi	8,660	242,862est	28.04
Adjara	Batumi	2,880	333,953	115.95
Guria	Ozurgeti	2,033	113,350	55.75
Imereti	Kutaisi	6,475	533,906	82.45
Kakheti	Telavi	11,311	318,583	28.16
Kvemo Kartli	Rustavi	6,072	423,986	69.82
Mtskheta-Mtianeti	Mtskheta	6,786	94,573	13.93
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti	Ambrolauri	4,990	32,089	6.43
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	Zugdidi	7,440	330,761	44.45
Samtskhe-Javakheti	Akhaltsikhe	6,413	160,504	25.02
Shida Kartli	Gori	5,729	300,382est	52.43
Tbilisi	Tbilisi	720	1,108,717	1,539.88

Demographics

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Georgia (country) 2014 General Population Census Main Results
Rank	Name	Administrative divisions of Georgia	Pop.
1	Tbilisi	Tbilisi	1 108 717
2	Batumi	Adjara	152 839
3	Kutaisi	Imereti	147 635
4	Rustavi	Kvemo Kartli	125 103
5	Gori	Shida Kartli	48 143
6	Zugdidi	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	42 998
7	Poti	Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	41,465
8	Sokhumi	Abkhazia	39,100
9	Khashuri	Shida Kartli	33 627
10	Tskhinvali	Shida Kartli	30,000

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External links

Government

• Government of Georgia official website (in Georgian)
• Government of Georgia official website (in English)
• Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
• Official website of the Georgian National Tourism Administration
• Official website of the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia

General information

• Georgia at UCB Libraries GovPubs
• Georgia profile from the BBC News
• Geographic data related to Georgia at OpenStreetMap
• Association of Modern Scientific Investigation – (AMSI)

News media

• Civil Georgia, daily news about Georgia