GEORGIA

LANGUAGE

• 71% speak Georgian
• 9% speak Russian
• 7% speak Armenian
• 7% speak another language
• 6% speak Azeri

ECONOMY

• Market economy
• Import; fuels, vehicles, grains and other foods
• Export; scrap metal, gold, copper ores, and nuts
• Currency: 1 laris per U.S. dollar- $1.655

RELIGION

• 83% Orthodox Christian
• 9.9% Muslim
• 3.9% Armerian-Gregorian
• 0.8% Catholic and other
• 0.7% No religion

GOVERNMENT

• Republic
• 3 branches of government
• Have their own Constitution
• Voting available at 18 years old
• President is Giorgi Margvelashvili

TRANSPORTATION

• Major seaport is Black Sea
• 19,109km of roadways
• 1,596km of gas pipelines
• 1,175km of oil pipelines
• 22 airports, 18 paved and 4 unpaved

THE BLACK SEA AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT

• Resource for Georgians
• Helped trade/get food
• Way of transportation for new settlers
• Made good soil to grow crops

WATER AND TRANSPORTATION

• The Kura river goes through Georgia and therefore helps with transportation
• Rivers help with transportation like using boats versus cars
• Rivers connect to many different places becuase there're so many
• Black Sea port to trade with other countries and continents
• Rivers provide cleaner water

MOUNTAINS AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT

• Caucasus mountains have trade routes through them
• Mountains helped protect Georgia citizens
• Very mountainous so very isolated

LAND USE

• Started out as just rural and little urban
• Today half is urban and half is rural
• Some people moving to cities and others staying behind
• People in rural rely on fertile soil and crops
• Crops include tea, vegetables, fruits, and grains

GEORIGIA VS. TURKEY

• Georgia is a developing country while Turkey is middle income
• Georgia's GDP is $27.3 billion; Turkeys GDP is $1.167 trillion
• Georgia's Per capita GDP is $6,100; Turkey's Per capita GDP is $15,300
• Georgia's urban pop. is 52.8%; Turkey's urban pop. is 71.5%
• Georgia's industry % of GDP is 21.6%; Turkeys is 27.3%

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