FACTS

Location: Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia

Area (only Total) total: 69,700 sq km

Climate: warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast

Terrain: argely 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

Population: 4,630,841

Main Language (only first): Georgian

Government type: republic

Capital (Name): T'bilisi

Capital (Time Difference): UTC+4

Independence: 9 April 1991

National holiday: Independence Day, 26 May