Republic of Sakartvelos

Republic of Sakartvelos
საქართველოს რესპუბლიკა
Republic of Sakartvelos საქართველოს რესპუბლიკა
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: "ძალა ერთობაში" Strength In Unity
	Anthem: Dideba
Capital	Tblisi
Largest city	Tblisi
Official languages	Georgian, Russian
Recognised national languages	Abkhaz, Ossetian, Azerbaijani, Armenian
Ethnic groups	86.8% Georgians; 6.3% Azerbaijanis; 4.5% Armenians; 0.7% Russians; 0.4% Ossetians; 0.3% Yazidis; 0.2% Greeks; 0.1% Assyrians;
Religion	83.41% Georgian Orthodox Church; 2.94% Armenian Apostolic Church; 0.52% Catholicism; 0.33% Jehovah's Witnesses; 0.07% Protestantism; 10.73% Islam; 0.23% Yazidism; 0.04% Judaism; 0.04% Other Religions; 0.51% No Religion;
Demonym(s)	Kartvelian, Georgian
Government	Parliamentary Unitary Republic
• President	Giorgi Margvelashvili
• Prime Minister	Bidzina Ivanishvili
Legislature	Parliament
Establishment
• Independence from the USSR	9th of April 1981
• Ousting of Eduard Shevardnadze	23rd of November 2003
• Russo-Georgian War	7th-12th of August 2008
• Re-Integration of Abkhazia and South Ossetia	1st of January 2009
Area
• Total	66,820 km2 (25,800 sq mi)
Population
• 2021 estimate	3,688,647
• Density	54/km2 (139.9/sq mi) (132nd)
Currency	Lari (₾)

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