Area: 69,700 sq km (26,911 sq miles)

Population: 4,436,400 (2010 estimate)

Population Density: 68.1/km

Capital: Tbilisi

Population of Tbilisi: 1,152,500 (2010 estimate)

Government: Unitary semi-presidential Republic. Gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

President: Mikheil Saakashvili since 2004.

Prime minister: Nikoloz Gilauri

Time:UTC +4 1,106,700 (estimate 2009)

Electricity:220 volts AC, 50 Hz. European-type, two-pin plugs are used.

Telephone: Country code: 995; Tbilisi code: 32

Language: The official language of Georgia is Georgian. It belongs to the South Caucasian or Kartvelian Languages that also include Svan and Megrelian Languages spoken in Northwest of Georgia. Except this 3 languages some dialects are also used on the territory of the country.

Georgian Alphabet used today is called Mkhedruli and it has 33 letters in use, with 28 consonants and 5 vowels.  The alphabet does not have a special form for the capital letters and the letters of Mkhedruli correspond to the sounds of the Georgian language (each sound has its written form).   

Religion: Most of the population of Georgia, about 83.9% practices Orthodox Christianity, which was adopted as the state religion in the 4^th century. The percentage of other religion representatives is as follows: Moslims - 9.9%; Armenian Christians – 3.9%; Russian Orthodox – 2%; Roman Catholics – 0.8%, as well as a small Jewish communities and Protestant minorities.

Mobile telephone: GSM 900 and 1800 networks. Main mobile operators include Geocell   www.geocell.com.ge; MagtiCom www.magtigsm.com and Beeline www.beeline.ge

Coverage extends nearly all over the country, except of few lowland areas and some high mountain regions.