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Georgia is a country located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region, bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north and east by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. It covers 69,700 square kilometers (26,911 sq mi), and has a population of around 4 million. Georgia is a representative democracy governed as a unitary parliamentary republic. Tbilisi is the capital and largest city, home to roughly a quarter of the population.

Georgia is one of the oldest wine-producing countries in the world; local winemaking traditions are entwined with Georgia's national identity, and have been classified by UNESCO as part of the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. Georgians officially adopted Christianity in the early fourth century, becoming among the first societies to be Christianized. The Georgian Orthodox Church contributed to the spiritual and political unification of early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David the Builder and Queen Tamar the Great in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom declined and eventually disintegrated under the hegemony of various regional powers, including the Mongols, the Ottoman Empire and successive dynasties of Persia. In 1783, one of the Georgian kingdoms entered an alliance with the Russian Empire, which proceeded to annex the territory of modern Georgia in a piecemeal fashion throughout the 19th century.

Foods in Georgia :
(1) Khinkali (Georgian Dumplings)
(2) Badrijani Nigvzit
(3) Lobio (Bean Soup)
(4) Qababi (Kebabs)
(5) Dolmas
(6) Chakapuli
(7) Mtsvadi (Shashlik, meat skewers)
(8) Satsivi
(9) Mashed potatoes and lots of cheese
(10) Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Bread)
(11) Puri / Tonis Puri (Georgian Flatbread)
(12) Lobiani (Bean-stuffed bread)
(13) Kubdari
(14) Chvishtari

Weather & geography in Georgia :
The state has a total area of 154,077 km2 (59,489 sq mi) and the geographic center is located in Twiggs County. Georgia has primarily a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers, except at the highest elevations. The state's weather is mostly moderate, but Georgia has occasional extreme weather.

Per day Cost in Georgia :
On average, you can expect your trip to Georgia cost to be around €30-35 per person per day ($36 to $42 USD) if travelling on a mid-range budget. However, if you plan on visiting on a tight budget, you can spend closer to €20 per person per day ($24 USD) by staying in dorms or basic guesthouses and eating cheaps meals.

History of Georgia :
The nation of Georgia was first unified as a kingdom under the Bagrationi dynasty by the King Bagrat III of Georgia in the early 11th century, arising from a number of predecessor states of the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia. The Kingdom of Georgia flourished during the 10th to 12th centuries under King David IV the Builder and Queen Tamar the Great, and fell to the Mongol invasion by 1243, and after a brief reunion under George V the Brilliant to the Timurid Empire. By 1490, Georgia was fragmented into a number of petty kingdoms and principalities, which throughout the Early Modern period struggled to maintain their autonomy against Ottoman and Iranian (Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar) domination until Georgia was finally annexed by the Russian Empire in the 19th century. After a brief bid for independence with the Democratic Republic of Georgia of 1918–1921, Georgia was part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic from 1922 to 1936, and then formed the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic until the dissolution of the Soviet Union.