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Georgia (in Georgian, Sakartvelo), officially
Republic of Georgia, republic in the Transcaucasia region
of western Asia, bordered by the Black Sea on the west, Russia
on the north, and Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey on the south.
Formerly the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Georgia includes
two autonomous republics-Abkhazia and Adzharia (Ajaria)-and
one autonomous region-South Ossetia. Tbilisi is the capital
and largest city.
Capital - T'bilisi 1,300,000 (1994)
Population - 5,411,000 (1995)
Life Expectancy - 69 years for men 72 years
for women
Area - 69,700 sq km (26,900 sq mi)
Languages - Georgian; Russian
Religions - Georgian Orthodox; Islam
Currency - Lari
Government - Unicameral republic
Georgia is in Asia; Standard Time is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT+4), GMT+5 in the summer time.

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