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Location: Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between

Turkey and Russia

Geographic coordinates: 42 00 N, 43 30 E

Area:

land: 69,700 sq km

Land boundaries:

total: 1,461 km

Coastline: 310 km

Population: 4,615,807 (July 2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 118

Nationality: noun: Georgian(s)

adjective: Georgian

Birth rate: 10.66 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate: 9.65 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)

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Country name: Conventional form: Georgia Local form: Sak'art'velo

Government type: republic

Capital: name: T'bilisi time difference: UTC+4

Independence: 9 April 1991

Constitution: adopted 24 August 1995

Administrative divisions (9 regions): Guria,

Imereti,

Kakheti,

Kvemo Kartli,

Shida Kartli,

Mtskheta-Mtianeti,

Samtskhe-Javakheti,

Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti,

Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti

Monetary Unit: Lari (GEL)

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$21.56 billion (2008 est.)

Labor force:

2.317 million (2007 est.)

Unemployment rate: 13.6% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:

31% (2006 est.)

Telephones - main lines in use: 618,000 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 2.755 million (2008)

Internet country code: .ge

Internet hosts: 104,243 (2009)

country comparison to the world: 72

Internet users: 1.024 million (2008)

country comparison to the world: 85

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