Klik om dit land in het werelddeel te zien: Georgië
Hoofdstad: Tbilisi Bevolking: 4,6 mln Oppervlakte: 69.700 km2 Talen:
Georgisch, Russisch, Armeens, Azeri
Exact population: 4,570,934 (July 2011 est.) Literacy: Total population: 99%; male: 100%; female: 98% Ethnicities: Georgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5% (2002 census) Land boundaries: Total: 1,461 km; border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km Terrain: largely 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 Extremes: Lowest point: Black Sea 0 m; highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m Imports: Russia 14%, Turkey 11%, UK 9.3%, Azerbaijan 8.5%, Germany 8.2%, Ukraine 7.7%, US 6% (2004) Exports: Turkey 18.3%, Turkmenistan 17.8%, Russia 16.2%, Armenia 8.4%, UK 4.9% (2004) Industries: Steel, aircraft, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining (manganese and copper), chemicals, wood products, wine