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Location: Europe
Capital: Tbilisi ( 1.250.000 inhab.)
Main Cities: Soxumi, Kutaisi, Rutsavi, Batumi
Population: 4,970,000
Area: 69,492 km2
Coin: 1 lari = 100 tetri
Languages: Georgian, Armenian, Russian
Religions: Orthodox, Moslem
The Independence's Year: 1991
Mountains: Caucaso and Small Caucaso
Rivers: Mtkvari, Kura, Rion |
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Caucasian nation mainly mountainous with very beautiful landscapes.
It overlooks the Black Sea to west with a discreet coastal development and with a sub-tropical climate, that opposes with that continental and rigid of the Caucasian zone.
The ethnic, religious and politics divisions have originated from the independence (1991) a lot of wars, two coup d'état, actions of terrorism, strong instability, corruption and poverty.
Nowadays there is a stable situation except in the secessionist region of Abkhazia and South Ossezia.
A quarter of the population (less than 5 million of inhabitants) lives in the capital Tbilisi, but other cities are in great development, like Kutaisi and mostly Batumi on Black Sea .
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