Area and boundaries

Land boundaries:
total: 1,461 km
border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km

Coastline: 310 km 

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m (peak is not in Georgia)

Mt'a Mq'invartsveri (Gora Kazbeg) at 5,048 m is the highest peak in Georgia.

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
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: 4,630,841 (July 2008 est.)
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% (2002 census)
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)