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Capital Georgia : |
T'bilisi .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Georgia :
| Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km .
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| Climate Georgia :
| warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast .
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| Life expectancy Georgia :
| 75.62 years .
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| Fertility rate Georgia :
| 1.4 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Georgia :
| republic .
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| Population Georgia :
| 4,693,892 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Georgia :
| 69,700 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Georgia :
| 650,500 (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Georgia :
| 522,300 (2003) .
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| International Country Code Georgia :
| 995.
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| Current account balance Georgia :
| $-365 million (2003) |
| HIV Georgia :
| less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Georgia :
| 54% (2001 est.) |
| Literacy Georgia :
| 99% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Georgia :
| 2,30% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Georgia :
| 27.9% (1996) |
| Inflation Georgia :
| 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Georgia :
| 17% (2001 est.) |
| Internet Users Georgia :
| 150,500 (2003) |
| Location Georgia :
| Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia |
| Geographic Coordinates Georgia :
| 42 00 N, 43 30 E |
| Religion Georgia :
| Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6% |
| Administrative region Georgia :
| 9 regions (mkharebi, singular - mkhare), 9 cities (k'alak'ebi, singular - k'alak'i), and 2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom respublika) |
| Terrain Georgia :
| 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 extremes lowest Georgia :
| Black Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Georgia :
| Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m |
| Natural resources Georgia :
| forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth |
| Land use arable land Georgia :
| 11,44% |
| Land use permanentcrops Georgia :
| 3,86% |
| Irrigated land Georgia :
| 4,700 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Georgia :
| earthquakes |
| Environment current issues Georgia :
| air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals |
| Geography note Georgia :
| strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them |