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GeographyLocation: Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,461 km, Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km Coastline: 310 km
PeoplePopulation: 5,725,972 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.77% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 15.77 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.73 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 22.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.16 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Georgian 70.1%, Armenian 8.1%, Russian 6.3%, Azeri 5.7%, Ossetian 3%, Abkhaz 1.8%, other 5% Religions: Georgian Orthodox 65%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Muslim 11%, Armenian Orthodox 8%, unknown 6% Languages: Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, other 7%
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: T'bilisi Independence: 9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: adopted 21 February 1921; currently amending constitution for Parliamentary and popular review by late 1995
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6 billion National product real growth rate: -30% National product per capita: $1,060 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 40.5% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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| The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July). |