Location: Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with a sliver of land north of the Caucasus extending into Europe
Geographic coordinates: 42° 0' N, 40° 18' E
Coastline km: 310 km 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
Elevation: lowest point: Black Sea 0 m highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
Natural hazards: earthquakes
Currency: Laris (GEL)
Population: 4,585,874 (July 2011 est.)
Languages: Georgian (official) 71%, Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7%
Capital: T'bilisi
Divisions: Regions: Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli City: Tbilisi Autonomous republics: Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri Respublika (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika (Bat'umi)

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