Georgia, country, Asia

CE5

Georgia jôrˈjə [key], Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2015 est. pop. 3,952,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. Georgia borders on the Black Sea in the west, on Turkey and Armenia in the south, on Azerbaijan in the east, and on Russia in the north. Tbilisi is the capital and by far the largest city; Kutaisi, the second largest city, was the legislative capital from 2012 through 2018.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• A New Nation
• Early History through Soviet Rule
• Government
• Economy
• Land and People
• Bibliography

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