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Georgia - Introduction 1993
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Background: Georgia has been beset by ethnic and civil strife since independence in 1991.


Georgia - Geography 1993
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Location:
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and
Russia


Geographic coordinates

Map referenceAfrica, Asia, Middle East, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area
Total: 69,700 km²
Land: 69,700 km²

Land boundaries: total 1,461 km, Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km

Coastline: 310 km; 12 nm in 1973 USSR-Turkish Protocol concerning the sea boundary between the two states in the Black Sea; Georgia claims the coastline along the Black Sea as its international waters, although it cannot control this area and the Russian navy and commercial ships transit freely

Maritime claims

Climate: warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast

Terrain:
largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhida Lowland opens to the
Black Sea in the west; Kura River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida lowland


Elevation

Natural resources: forest lands, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ores, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth
Land use

Land use
Arable land: NA%
Permanent crops: NA%
Meadows and pastures: NA%
Forest and woodland: NA%
Other: NA%

Irrigated land: 4,660 km² (1990)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Georgia - People 1993
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Population
Growth rate: 0.85% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Georgian(s)
Adjective: Georgian

Ethnic groups:
Georgian 70.1%, Armenian 8.1%, Russian 6.3%, Azeri 5.7%,
Ossetian 3%, Abkhaz 1.8%, other 5%


Languages: Armenian 7%, Azerbaijani 6%, Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, other 7%

Religions:
Georgian Orthodox 65%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Muslim 11%,
Armenian Orthodox 8%, unknown 6%


Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 0.85% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 16.48 births/1000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 8.68 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.64 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.) note - this data may be low because of movement of Ossetian, Russian, and Abkhaz refugees due to ongoing conflicts

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues:
air pollution, particularly in Rustavi; heavy pollution of
Kura River, Black Sea


Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 24.2 deaths/1000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 72.58 years
Male: 68.89 years
Female: 76.46 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.21 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: age 9-49 can read and write (1970)
Total population: 100%
Male: 100%
Female: 100%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Georgia - Government 1993
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Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of Georgia
Conventional short form: Georgia
Local long form: Sakartvelo Respublika
Former: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

Government type: republic

Capital: T'bilisi (Tbilisi)

Administrative divisions:
2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom respublika); Abkhazia (Sukhumi), Ajaria (Batumi)
the administrative centers of the autonomous republics are included in parentheses; there are no oblasts - the rayons around T'bilisi are under direct republic jurisdiction; also included is the South Ossetia Autonomous
Oblast


Dependent areas

Independence: 9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)

National holiday: Independence Day, 9 April 1991

Constitution:
adopted NA 1921; currently amending constitution for
Parliamentary and popular review by late 1995


Legal system: based on civil law system

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: chairman of Parliament, Council of Ministers, prime minister

Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament

Judicial branch

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation: BSEC, CSCE, EBRD, IBRD, IMF, NACC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO

Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: NA
In the us chancery: NA
In the us telephone: NA
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Kent N. BROWN
From the us embassy: #25 Antoneli Street, T'bilisi
From the us mailing address: APO AE 9,862
From the us telephone: (7) 8,832-74-46-23

Flag descriptionflag of Georgia: maroon field with small rectangle in upper hoist side corner; rectangle divided horizontally with black on top, white below

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Georgia - Economy 1993
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Economy overview: Among the former Soviet republics, Georgia has been noted for its Black Sea tourist industry, its large output of citrus fruits and tea, and an industrial sector that accounted, however, for less than 2% of the USSR's output. Another salient characteristic of the economy has been a flourishing private sector (compared with the other republics). About 25% of the labor force is employed in agriculture. Mineral resources consist of manganese and copper, and, to a lesser extent, molybdenum, arsenic, tungsten, and mercury. Except for very small quantities of domestic oil, gas, and coal, fuel must be imported from neighboring republics. Oil and its products have been delivered by pipeline from Azerbaijan to the port of Batumi for export and local refining. Gas has been supplied in pipelines from Krasnodar and Stavropol'. The dismantling of central economic controls has been delayed by political factionalism, marked by bitter armed struggles. In early 1993 the Georgian economy was operating at well less than half capacity due to disruptions in fuel supplies and vital transportation links as a result of conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, antigovernment activity in Western Georgia, and Azerbaijani pressure against Georgian assistance for Armenia. To restore economic viability, Georgia must establish domestic peace and must maintain economic ties to the other former Soviet republics while developing new links to the West.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: -35% (1992 est.)

Real gdp per capita

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: accounted for 97% of former USSR citrus fruits and 93% of former USSR tea; berries and grapes; sugar; vegetables, grains, potatoes; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry; tobacco

Industries: heavy industrial products include raw steel, rolled steel, cement, lumber; machine tools, foundry equipment, electric mining locomotives, tower cranes, electric welding equipment, machinery for food preparation, meat packing, dairy, and fishing industries; air-conditioning electric motors up to 100 kW in size, electric motors for cranes, magnetic starters for motors; devices for control of industrial processes; trucks, tractors, and other farm machinery; light industrial products, including cloth, hosiery, and shoes

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate -50% (1992)

Labor force: 2.763 million
By occupation industry and construction: 31%
By occupation agriculture and forestry: 25%
By occupation other: 44% (1990)
Labor force

Unemployment rate: 3% but large numbers of underemployed workers

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $NA
Commodoties: citrus fruits, tea, other agricultural products; diverse types of machinery; ferrous and nonferrous metals; textiles
Partners: Russia, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan (1992)

Imports: $NA
Commodoties: machinery and parts, fuel, transport equipment, textiles
Partners: Russia, Ukraine (1992)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: rubles per US$1 - 415 (24 December 1992) but subject to wide fluctuations


Georgia - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 4,875,000 kW capacity; 15,800 million kWh produced, about 2,835 kWh per capita (1992)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Georgia - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Georgia - Military 1993
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Military expenditures
Percent of gdp: $NA, NA% of GNP
Percent of gdp note: Georgian forces are poorly organized and not fully under the government's control

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Georgia - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 37
Usable: 26
With permanentsurface runways: 19
With runways over 3659 m: 0
With runways 2440-3659 m: 10
With runways 1220-2439 m: 9

Heliports

Pipelines: crude oil 370 km, refined products 300 km, natural gas 440 km (1992)

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine:
47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 658,192
GRT/1,014,056 DWT; includes 16 bulk cargo, 30 oil tanker, and 1 specialized liquid carrier


Ports and terminals


Georgia - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international: none

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs:
illicit producers of cannabis and opium; mostly for domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for illicit drugs to Western
Europe



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