Georgia occupies the central and western parts of Transcaucasia,its area is 69.700sq.km. In the north Georgia borders with Russia,in the east with Azerbaijan, in the south with Armenia and Turkey and in the west it is washed by the Black Sea along three hundred five kilometres of area.
Nature is generously rich in Georgia.One can hardly find many places in the whole world that may hold such diverse landscapes within such a small area - from humid subtropical to perenial snows and glaciers of high mountains.The country is rich in mineral resources and thermal springs (about 1400) and is a land of health resorts. The rivers of Georgia belong to the basins of the Black and Caspian Seas.In the rivers and lakes of Georgia there are trout salmon,sheat-fish and carp as well as some species of Georgian endemic. Georgia is densely populated. Its population is over 5 million. Besides Georgians representatives of almost 100 nations live in the country.The Georgians , one of the world's most ancient people ,belong to the southern branch of the Europoid race.They take their origin from Kheto-Iberian tribes inhabiting the territory of Georgia and adjoining south-western land in the 3rd millennium B.C.Georgian language is one of the oldest living languages .Its alphabet ,one of the fourteen alphabets in the world was created in the 4th-3rd centuries B.C. The samples of ancient Georgian written language are discovered not only in Georgia but in 13 churches and monasteries of Jerusalem ,Palestine,Egypt and Syria.
Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia,political and cultural centre.The city stretches along both banks of the Mtkvari River that runs for more than 36 kilometres through the city and is surrounded by the mountains on three sides.Tbilisi ,one of the ancient cities of the world,is more than 1500 years old