ABOUT GEORGIA - History
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
first human settlements
200.000 years old
It can be said that the history of Georgia goes back to the dawn of the time.
Some historic reality is reflected in the legend. Kolkhida was famous for its gold sands, and Greeks were looking for the means of gold reception. May be "Golden Fleece" is the sheep fleece for trapping particles of gold from mountain streams in the countries around the Black Sea, as witnessed by the writers Patrick Leigh Fermor in Romania and Tim Severin in Georgia; or maybe it was a book where was described how to get the gold.
Capital and largest city |
Tbilisi | |
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Official languages | Georgian | |
Spoken languages | 71% Georgian 9% Russian 7% Armenian 6% Azerbaijani 7% other |
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Ethnic groups (2002) | 83.8% Georgian 6.5% Azerbaijani 5.7% Armenian 1.5% Russian 2.5% others |
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Demonym | Georgian | |
Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic | |
Legislature | Parliament | |
Area | 69,700 km2 (120th) 26,911 sq mi |
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Population (2014) | 4,935,880 (119th) | |
Currency | Lari (GEL) | |
Time zone | GET (UTC+4) | |
Drives on the | right | |
Calling code | +995 | |
ISO 3166 code | GE | |
Internet TLD | .ge |