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Georgia [c] is a country in Eastern Europe and West Asia. [13] [14] [15] It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, Russia to the north and northeast, Turkey to the southwest, Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the southeast.
Svaneti region, northwestern Georgia Black Sea coast of western Georgia, with the skyline of Batumi on the horizon. The coastline of Georgia about 315 kilometres (196 mi): [14] of the coastline, 57 kilometres (35 mi) is the coastline of Ajaria (Ajara) [15] and 200 kilometres (120 mi) is the coastline of Abkhazia. [16]
Georgia (country) – country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia, located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.After a brief period of independence following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Georgia was occupied by Soviet Russia in 1921, becoming the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic and part of the Soviet Union.
Map of the historical and geographical provinces of Georgia (provinces outside the borders of modern Georgia are indicated in italics). Regions (mkhare) were established by presidential decrees from 1994 to 1996, on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved. They roughly correspond to the ...
Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო, romanized: sakartvelo, IPA: [sakʰartʰʷelo] ⓘ) is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, Russia to the north and northeast, Turkey to the southwest, Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the ...
Cartography has a long tradition in Georgia. Scientific and cartographic depictions of Georgia by Georgian scholars date back to the first half of the 18th century. Prince Vakhushti of Kartli, a family member of King Vakhtang VI of Kartli (the core region of Georgia), prepared a geographical description of Georgia and adjacent territories as well as geographical atlases.
Geography of Georgia — the country in the Caucasus region of Eastern Europe and Western Asia The main article for this category is Geography of Georgia (country) . Subcategories
Some general data on the countries listed in M49 for the continental region, Asia (142), and one non-official region, "Northern Asia," are presented below. M49 is a device for collecting useful statistics for the UNSD and is a suggested reference guide offered as a global standard for all agencies and institutions within the various UN ...