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Georgia



საქართველო

ქართული საქართველო[1]
საქართველო აღმოსავლეთ ევროპაში, კერძოდ, კავკასიაში მდებარეობს. დასავლეთიდან მას ესაზღვრება შავი ზღვა, ჩრდილოეთით – რუსეთის ფედერაცია, აღმოსავლეთით – აზერბაიჯანი, სამხრეთით – სომხეთი და თურქეთი.
  1. Romanization: Sakartvelo.
English Georgia - Georgia

Georgia is a country in Eurasia to the east of the Black Sea, most of which is located in the South Caucasus, while a portion of the territory lies in the North Caucasus. It is bordered by ► Russia to the north, ► Turkey and ► Armenia to the south, and ► Azerbaijan in the southeast.


Short name  Georgia
Official name Georgia
Status Independent country since 1991
Location Caucasus
Capital თბილისი (Tbilisi)
Population 3,716,900 inhabitants
Area 69,700 square kilometres (26,900 sq mi)
Major languages Georgian (official)
Major religions en:Eastern Orthodox Christianity
More information Georgia (country), Geography of Georgia (country), History of Georgia (country) and Politics of Georgia (country)
More images Georgia (country) - Georgia (country) (Category).

General maps

Location map of Georgia
Location map of Georgia
Location map of Georgia
Location map of Georgia
Location of Georgia in the Caucasus
[[|border|251x400px]] Location of Georgia in the Caucasus
Location of Georgia in the Caucasus
Location of Georgia in the Caucasus
Location of Georgia in the Caucasus
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
[[|border|251x400px]] Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Administrative divisions of Georgia
Administrative divisions of Georgia
Administrative divisions of Georgia
Administrative divisions of Georgia
Administrative divisions of Georgia
Regions of Georgia
Districts of Georgia
Districts of Georgia
Districts of Georgia
Main cities and towns in Georgia
Flag map of Georgia
Flag map of Georgia

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Georgia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Georgia.

[[|border|251x400px]] Caucacus 2000-600 BC and state of Colchis
Urartu at its greatest extent in the time of Sarduris II, 743 BC and state of Colchis
Early Georgian states
[[|border|251x400px]] Early Georgian states 600-150 BC
[[|border|251x400px]] Early Georgian states 600-150 BC
[[|border|251x400px]] Iberia from 600 BC to 500 AD
Colchis in the 6th century BC
Iberia from 500 BC to 350 AD
Colchis and Iberia around 300 BCE
Colchis and Iberia in 290 BC
Early Georgian states in the second century BC
[[|border|251x400px]] The Region 189-63 BC
[[|border|251x400px]] Early Georgian states 150 BC-600 AD
[[|border|251x400px]] Early Georgian states 150 BC-600 AD
Iberia in 80 BC
Kingdom of Armenia at its greatest extent under the Artaxiad Dynasty after the conquests of Tigranes the Great, 80 BC
Georgian states in 100
Georgian states in 200
Georgian states in 250
Georgian states in 300
Georgian states in 350
Kingdom of Lazika
Georgian states in 385
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgian states, 4th-6th century
Georgian states in 565
Roman-Persian frontier and state of Lazika in 565
Georgian lands in the late Antiquity and early Middle Ages
Indo-Sassanide Empire
The Persian Sassanian Empire (226-650) in 602 to 629, Strokes: Under Sassanid military control.
Sassanide Empire
Sassanide Empire
Georgian states in 650
Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman
Age of the Caliphs
Caliphate around 750
Georgian states in 750
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgian states in 830-1020
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgian states in 830-1020
Georgian states in 830-1020
Georgian states in 850
Iberia in the 9th-10th century
Georgian states in 900
Hereti in 950
Georgian states in 1000
Georgian states in 1060
Georgian states in 1090
Georgia in 1090-1124
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia in 1089-1125
Georgia in 1124
Georgia in the 12th century
Kingdom of Georgia at the peak of her might, 1184-1225
Georgia in 1200
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia in 1200
Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)
 
Mongol Empire

By 1294 the empire had split into:

 
Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty)
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia in the aftermath of the Mongolian invasion, 1220-1245
Georgia in 1314-1346
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia 1450-1500
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia 1450-1515
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia 1500-1555
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia in the late 16th century
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia in 1762
Georgia is conquered in 1800-1812 by the Russian Empire. This map shows the Russian expansion from 1533 to 1896
Treaty of Gulistan in 1813
Russian conquest of Caucasus, 1801-1878
Territory of present-day Georgia in the early 19th century
Territory of present-day Georgia in the early 19th century
History of the Russian Empire (in German)
Administrative division of Russia 1848-1878 (in Russian)
Russian Caucasus in 1878-1914
[[|border|251x400px]] Russian provinces in Caucasus, 19th-20th century
[[|border|251x400px]] Gubernia of Tiflis, 19th-20th century
[[|border|251x400px]] Gubernia of Kutaisi, 19th-20th century
[[|border|251x400px]] Oblast Batumi, 19th-20th century
The Russian Empire in 1914
[[|border|251x400px]] Caucasus in 1918
[[|border|251x400px]] Democratic Republic of Georgia 1918-1920
Frontlines in March, 1919
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia in July, 1920
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia in December, 1920
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia until March, 1921
[[|border|251x400px]] Georgia in March–July, 1921
Democratic Republic of Georgia in May, 1921
[[|border|251x400px]] Soviet invasion of Georgia, 1921
Turkish-Soviet frontier per the Treaty of Kars in 1921
[[|border|251x400px]] Treaty of Kars in 1921
[[|border|251x400px]] Treaty of Kars in 1921
Russia becomes the Soviet Union in 1922. In 1922 Georgia becomes constituent republic of the Soviet Union.
European part of the USSR in the 1920s
[[|border|251x400px]] Territorial losses during Sovietization 1921-1931
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1922
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1922
Evolution of the Soviet Union
The republics of the USSR
[[|border|251x400px]] Map of the 1974 geographic location of various ethnic groups within the Soviet Union
Soviet Union administrative divisions, 1989
The Soviet Union
Location of Georgia in the Soviet Union
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1957-1991
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1957-1991
[[|border|251x400px]] Conflicts in Georgia 1989-2004, By Dr Andrew Andersen
Conflict in Georgia in 1993
Conflict in Georgia in 1993
Situation before the conflict in Georgia in 2008
Situation before the conflict in Georgia in 2008
Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone in June 2008
Conflict in Georgia in 2008
Conflict in Georgia in 2008
Conflict in Georgia in 2008
Conflict in Georgia in 2008
[[|border|251x400px]] Conflict in Georgia in 2008
Conflict in Georgia in 2008
[[|border|251x400px]] Russian bombing during the conflict in Georgia in 2008
[[|border|251x400px]] Naval activities during the conflict in Georgia in 2008

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Colchis and Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Colchis in ancient Caucasus
Colchis and Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Colchis and Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Colchis and Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Colchis and Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Colchis and Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Colchis and Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Colchis and Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Colchis and Iberia in ancient Caucasus
Caucasus in 1700
Georgia in 1784
Caucasus in 1833
[[|border|251x400px]] Caucasus in 1835
Caucasus in 1856
Caucasus in 1882
Gubernia of Kutais in 1890-1906
Tiflis Governorate in 1890-1906
Caucasus in 1890-1907
Tiflis Governorate in 1900
Kutaisi Governorate in 1900
Western Georgia in 1900
Etnographic map of the Gubernia of Kutais in 1902
Etnographic map of the Governorate of Tiflis in 1902
Etnographic map of the Governorate of Tiflis in 1902
Caucasus in 1902
Caucasus in 1903
Guria and Ajaria in 1906

Separatism in Georgia

Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Map of Georgia
Location of Abkhazia
Location of Abkhazia
Location of Abkhazia
Map of Abkhazia
Map of Abkhazia
Map of Abkhazia
Location of South Ossetia
Map of South Ossetia
Detailed map of South Ossetia
Map of South Ossetia and North Ossetia

Maps of regions of Georgia

Regions of Georgia
Regions of Georgia
Eastern Georgia
Map of Adjara
Map of Adjara
Guria region
Guria region
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region
Samegrelo region
Zemo Svaneti region
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region
Kvemo Svaneti region
Lechkhumi region
Racha region
Imereti region
Imereti region
Imereti region
Zestaponi region
Samtskhe-Javakheti region
Tori region
Kartli region
Shida Kartli region
[[|border|251x400px]] Shida Kartli region
Kvemo Kartli region
Kvemo Kartli region
Tbilisi region
Tbilisi region
Mtskheta Mtianeti region
Mtskheta Mtianeti region
Mtiuleti region
Pkhovi region
Khevsureti region
Ertso-Tianeti region
Kakheti region
Kakheti region
Tusheti region

Ethnic, linguistic and religious maps

Ethnic groups in Georgia
Ethnic groups in Georgia
Ethnic Georgians in Georgia
Ethnic Ossetians in Georgia
Ethnic Kists in Georgia
Ethnic Bats in Georgia
Mingrelian language in Georgia
Religion in Georgia

Other maps

Major Defence Industry Facilities in Georgia
Pipelines in Georgia
Railways in Georgia
Railways in Georgia
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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