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Georgia is a mountainous country situated almost entirely in the South Caucasus, while some slivers of the country are situated north of the Caucasus Watershed in the North Caucasus. [ 177 ] [ 178 ] The country lies between latitudes 41° and 44° N , and longitudes 40° and 47° E , with an area of 67,900 km 2 (26,216 sq mi).
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 .
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The National Atlas of Georgia was released as a contribution to the Frankfurt Buchmesse 2018, where Georgia was the honorary guest country. Displayed alongside a large number of Georgian novels and other books, this atlas depicts Georgia with its diversity, resources and potential for future further development.
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 ...
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 has an Exclusive Economic Zone of 21,946 km 2 (8,473 sq mi) in the Black Sea.
The European "Georgia" probably stems from the Persian designation of the Georgians – gurğ (گرج), ğurğ – which reached the Western European crusaders and pilgrims in the Holy Land who rendered the name as Georgia (also Jorgania, Giorginia, etc.) and, erroneously, [11] explained its origin by the popularity of St. George (Tetri Giorgi ...
According to the article 343¹ of the Georgian Criminal Code, producing, selling and advertizing maps, or other items, both in electronic and print versions, that reflect the violation of the principle of Georgia's territorial integrity, for the purpose of disseminating incorrect information on the territorial integrity of Georgia, is illegal in Georgia, punished by a fine or imprisonment of ...