Let's introduce Georgia to foreigners: Country profile

Country name:

conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Georgia
local long form: none
local short form: Sak'art'velo
former: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

Location:

Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia (lat/lon: 42 00 N, 43 30 E)

Area:

total: 69,700 sq km
country comparison to the world: 120
land: 69,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Climate:

warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast

Time zone:

GMT +4:00

Population:

4,615,807 (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118

Languages:

Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7%
note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia

Religions:

Orthodox Christian 83.9%, Muslim 9.9%, Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%, Catholic 0.8%, other 0.8%, none 0.7% (2002 census)

Ethnic groups:

Georgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5%

Capital:

name: T'bilisi
geographic coordinates: 41 43 N, 44 47 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Currency (code):

Lari (GEL)

Telephone calling code:

+995

International Codes:

Geography code (by fips 10-4): GG
Country code (by ISO-3166): GE (2 char); GEO (3 char); 268 (number);
Internet code: .ge
Language code (by ISO-639): KA (K'art'uli, IBERIO-CAUCASIAN language family)

Georgian
ჩემი ხატია სამშობლო, სახატე მთელი ქვეყანა, განათებული მთა-ბარი, წილნაყარია ღმერთთანა. თავისუფლება დღეს ჩვენი მომავალს უმღერს დიდებას, ცისკრის ვარსკვლავი ამოდის ამოდის და ორ ზღვას შუა ბრწყინდება, და დიდება თავისუფლებას, თავისუფლებას დიდება!