Currency
Lari.

Astronomy
Today's date is July 19, 2008. There is currently a Last Quarter Moon.

Location
Southwestern asia, bordering the black sea, between turkey and russia.

Climate
Warm and pleasant; mediterranean-like on black sea coast.

Terrain
Largely mountainous with great caucasus mountains in the north and lesser caucasus mountains in the south; kolkhet'is dablobi (kolkhida lowland) opens to the black sea in the west; mtkvari river basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of kolkhida lowland.

Elevation Extremes
The lowest point is at Black Sea 0 m. The highest point is at Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m.