42°00′N 43°30′E / 42.000°N 43.500°E
Georgia | |
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Motto: ძალა ერთობაშია Dzala ertobashia "Strength is in Unity" | |
Anthem: თავისუფლება Tavisupleba "Freedom" | |
Capital and largest city | Tbilisi 41°43′N 44°47′E / 41.717°N 44.783°E |
Official languages | Georgian (nationwide) Abkhaz (Abkhazian AR)[1][2] |
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Religion (2014) |
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Demonym(s) | Georgian |
Government | Unitary parliamentary republic |
Salome Zourabichvili | |
Irakli Kobakhidze | |
Shalva Papuashvili | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Establishment history | |
13th c. BC – 580 AD | |
786–1008 | |
1008 | |
1463–1810 | |
12 September 1801 | |
26 May 1918 | |
25 February 1921 | |
• Independence from the Soviet Union • Declared • Finalized | 9 April 1991 25 December 1991 |
24 August 1995 | |
Area | |
• Total | 69,700 km2 (26,900 sq mi) (119th) |
Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 3,688,647[a][4] 4,012,104[b] (128th) |
• 2014 census | 3,713,804[a][5] |
• Density | 57.6/km2 (149.2/sq mi) (137th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $61.58 billion[a][6] (110th) |
• Per capita | $16,590[a][6] (83rd) |
GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $17.85 billion[a][6] (124th) |
• Per capita | $4,808[a][6] (125th) |
Gini (2020) | 34.5[a][7] medium |
HDI (2019) | 0.812[a][8] very high · 61st |
Currency | Georgian lari (₾) (GEL) |
Time zone | UTC+4 (Georgia Time GET) |
Date format | dd.mm.yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +995 |
ISO 3166 code | GE |
Internet TLD | .ge, .გე |
Website www | |
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Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is situated on the coast of the Black Sea and borders Russia to the north, Turkey and Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the southeast. It is largely encircled by the Greater and Lesser Caucasus mountain ranges. During 1918–1921, and 1991–1995 its full name was the Republic of Georgia. Since 1995 it is Georgia, as written in the Constitution. It was part of the Russian Empire and later Soviet Union between 1921 and 1991, but now it is an independent republic. The capital city is Tbilisi. Almost 4 million people live there.