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conventional
long form: Republic of Georgia
conventional short form: Georgia
local long form: Sak'art'velos Respublika
local short form: Sak'art'velo
AREA: 69,700
sq km (26,911 sq miles)
POPULATION: 5,400,800 (1998 est.)
POPULATION DENSITY: 77.0 per sq km.
ETHNIC DIVISIONS: Georgian 70.1%, Armenian 8.1%, Russian 6.3%, Azeri
5.7%, Ossetian 3%, Abkhaz 1.8%, other 5%.
CAPITAL: Tbilisi. Population: 1,225,000.
GEOGRAPHY: Georgia is a mountainous country
LANGUAGE: The official language is Georgian, the only language in the
Ibera Caucasian family written in
ancient script, with its own unique alphabet. Russian, Ossetian and Abkhazian
are also spoken.
RELIGION: Christian majority, mainly Georgian Orthodox church. Also
Eastern Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish
and other Christian denomination minorities.
BIGGEST CITIES
(Hab. Population):
Tbilisi - 1,225,000;
Kutaisi - 221,000;
Rustavi - 145,000;
Batumi - 115,000;
Georgian
Links:
The
Parliament of Georgia