Official name: Georgia
Local Name: Sak’art’velo
Location & Size: Georgia is situated at the cross-roads of Europe and Asia. About the size of Switzerland it occupies 69.700 sq. km between the Black and Caspian Seas. It borders Turkey: 252 km, Russia: 723 km, Armenia: 164 km and Azerbaijan: 322 km.
Capital: Tbilisi, 1.3 million
Government: Presidential Parliamentary Democracy
ADMINISTRATIVE SUBDIVISION:
Georgia has also 12 regions
(the names of towns are in parenthesis):
· Abkhazia (Sokhumi)
· Adjaria (Batumi)
· Guria (Ozurgeti)
· Imereti (Kutaisi)
· Kakheti (Telavi)
· Kvemo Kartli (Rustavi)
· Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Mtskheta)
· Racha-Lechkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti ( Ambrolauri)
· Samegrelo-Zemo sSvaneti ( Zugdidi)
· Samtskhe-Javakheti (Akhaltsikhe)
· Shida Kartli (Gori)
· Tbilisi (Tbilisi)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Georgian (71%), which is over 2,000 years old and with its own alphabet.
Other languages: Russian 9%; Armenian 7%; Azeri 6%
POPULATION: 4.9 million
NATIONALITY: Georgian(s)
ETHNIC GROUPS: Georgian 82,2%; Armenian 5,4%; Azeri 5,6%; Russian 2,2%; Abkhaz 1,2%; other 3,4%
RELIGION: Main religion is Georgian Orthodox : 81,3 %; Russian Orthodox 5,2%; Muslim 5,8%; Armenian Apostolic 4,7%; Catholic 1%, Hebrew 1%, Others 1%.
ELECTRICITY: 200v AC. 50Hz. Standard European switchers.
COUNTRY CODE: GEO
INTERNET CODE: .ge
TIME ZONE: Summer time + 3 GMT
Winter time: + 4 GMT