ABOUT GEORGIA - Religion
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
christianity
4c
first church
Svetitskhoveli
Georgia is one of the oldest Christian countries.
In the 30s of the 4th century during the rein of King Mirian the Christianity was declared as the official religion.
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 |