1. area
69,700 square kilometers (about one-fifth the size of Japan)
2. population
3.7 million (2023: UN Population Fund)
3. capital
Tbilisi
4. ethnicity
Georgian (86.8%), Azerbaijani (6.2%), Armenian (4.5%), Russian (0.7%), Ossetian (0.4%)
5. Languages
Official language is Georgian (part of the Caucasian languages)
6. religion
Mainly Christian (Georgian Orthodox)
7. other
Located on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, south of the Caucasus Mountains, and a major transportation hub between Asia and Europe.
The culture of vinification of grapes, the raw material for wine, has a history of more than 8,000 years and is said to be the oldest in the world. Wine production still flourishes today.
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