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Capital:
Tbilisi
Area:
69,700 sq km / 26,911 sq ml
Language:
Georgian
Currency:
Lari
Population:
4,934,413
Life expectancy:
69 (men), 76 (women)
Literacy rate:
99%
Religions:
Georgian Orthodox, Islam
Physical features:
Largely mountainous, sub-tropical Black Sea shores, snow and ice at crest line of Caucasus mountains
Ethnic distribution:
70% Georgian, 8% Armenian, 7% Russian, 5% Azeri, 3% Ossetian, 2% Abkhazian, 2% Greek
Exports:
Tea, citrus and orchard fruit, tung oil, tobacco, vine fruits, silk, hydroelectricity
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