Georgia (in Georgian, Sakartvelo), officially Republic of Georgia, republic in the Transcaucasia region of western Asia, bordered by the Black Sea on the west, Russia on the north, and Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey on the south. Formerly the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Georgia includes two autonomous republics-Abkhazia and Adzharia (Ajaria)-and one autonomous region-South Ossetia. Tbilisi is the capital and largest city.

Capital - T'bilisi 1,300,000 (1994)

Population - 5,411,000 (1995)

Life Expectancy - 69 years for men 72 years for women

Area - 69,700 sq km (26,900 sq mi)

Languages - Georgian; Russian

Religions - Georgian Orthodox; Islam

Currency - Lari

Government - Unicameral republic
Georgia is in Asia; Standard Time is 4 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+4), GMT+5 in the summer time.