Key Facts about Georgia
Population: 4,615,807 (July 2009 est.)
Area: 69, 700 sq km
Land boundaries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey
Climate: warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
Time: GMT + 4.
Capital: Tbilisi. Population: 1.5 million.
Language: The official language is Georgian. Russian, Armenian, Azeri, Ossetian and Abkhazian are also spoken.
Religion: Christian majority, mainly Georgian Orthodox church. Also Eastern Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish and other Christian denomination minorities.
Communication: telephone country code 995. Area code of Tbilisi: 32.
Currency: Lari (GEL) = 100 tetri.
Currency Exchange: Euros, Roubles or US Dollars can be exchanged at banks and special exchange shops, found throughout Tbilisi.
Non-stop flights to Tbilisi are available from: Aktau, Almaty, Amsterdam, Athens, Baku, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Dubai, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Kharkov, Kiev, London, Minsk, Munich, Odessa, Paris, Prague, Rostov, Riga, Tel Aviv, Vienna.
No visa requirements for nationals of Israel, Japan, Canada, US, EU and CIS member countries for stays up to 90 days.
