Assigned Blog #5

Geography

The country I chose was Georgia. Georgia is located in Southwest Asia, although they consider themselves as part of Europe. They have 67,500 sq km of land, which is slightly smaller than South Carolina. It has a warm climate, and it is mainly made up of the Caucasus Mountains, but has good soils near the Black Sea. A few of their resources are timber, iron, copper, coal, and oil deposits. One of Georgia's natural hazards is earthquakes.

People and Society

The people are called Georgians. Georgian is the official language, and 90% of them are Orthodox Christians. The population is 4,570,934 and about 70% of them are ages 15-64. The major city of Georgia is Tbilisi. The average life expectancy is about 70-80 years.

Government


They have a republican government, so they have 2 representatives from all 9 of their provinces. Georgia broke away from Soviet Russia on May 26, but didn't adopt a constitution until August 24, 1995.  The president is, and he has been president since 2004.

Economy

Georgia's main economic activities include the cultivation of agricultural products such as grapes, citrus fruits, and hazelnuts; mining of manganese and copper; and output of a small industrial sector producing alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, metals, machinery, aircraft ,and chemicals.

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  • A bit brief with no personal thoughts.

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