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Asia > Georgia > Geography

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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than South Carolina
Area > Comparative to US places
slightly smaller than South Carolina
Area > Land 69,700 sq km [118th of 236]
    (per capita) 15.269 sq km per 1,000 people ... [92nd of 201]
Area > Total 69,700 sq km [125th of 248]
    (per capita) 14.767 sq km per 1,000 people ... [100th of 193]
Area > Water 0 [200th of 237]
    (per capita) 0 [189th of 225]
Capital city with population Tbilisi - 1,279,000
Climate
warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
Coastline 310 km [138th of 249]
    (per capita) 66.724 km per 1 million people [135th of 230]
Elevation extremes > Highest point Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Black Sea 0 m
Forested Land 43.7% [53rd of 193]
Geographic coordinates 42 00 N, 43 30 E
Geography > Note
strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them
Irrigated land 4,690 sq km [57th of 185]
    (per capita) 1,009.47 sq km per 1 million peo [16th of 173]
Land area > sq. km 69,490 km² ... [118th of 206]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Georgia, Sak'art'velo

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