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Georgia

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🗺️ Tbilisi, Georgia

Capital city

📍 41.7151°, 44.8271°View larger map →

📍 Essential Info

CapitalTbilisi

TimezoneUTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Population4.9M

Governmentsemi-presidential republic

🔌 Practical Info

Driving SideRight

Electrical PlugsVaries

Internet Code.ge

Internet Users82%

GDP per Capita$25,000

🌍 Geography

LocationSouthwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with a sliver of land north of the Caucasus extending into Europe; note - Georgia views itself as part of Europe; geopolitically,...

Size Comparisonslightly smaller than South Carolina; slightly larger than West Virginia

Climatewarm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast

Terrainlargely 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...

👥 People & Culture

Ethnic GroupsGeorgian 86.8%, Azeri 6.3%, Armenian 4.5%, other 2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidi, Ukrainian, Kist, Greek) (2014 est.)

ReligionsEastern Orthodox Christian (official) 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, Armenian Apostolic Christian 2.9%, other 1.2% (includes Roman Catholic Christian, Jehovah's...

Median Age38.6 years

Life Expectancy72.8 years

National HolidayIndependence Day, 26 May (1918)

Cultural Information

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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook