
Country name: Georgia
Population: 4,730,841
Area: 69,700 sq km
Capital: Tbilisi
System of Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic
Head of the Government: President: Mikheil Saakashvili; Prime-Minister: Nikoloz Gilauri
Minister of Education and Science: Mr. Dimitri Shashkin: Minister of Education and Science of Georgia
Parliament: The Parliament consists of 150 members elected by a proportional system and 85 members elected by a majority system for a term of four years on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.
Administrative structure: 9 regions, and 2 autonomous republics
Geography: Geographic coordinates: 42 00 N, 43 30 E, Map references: Europe, Land boundaries: total: 1,461 km border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km, Coastline: 310 km
Source: GNSF
Last up-date: 26 May 2010
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last updated: May 2010, source: GNSF (URL: http://www.increast.eu/_media/Georgia_Country_Report_EN_May2010.pdf)
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