Historical Tours

Georgia one of the most ancient Christian countries of the world, is situated in Southern Caucasus and occupies its central and western parts. it lies at the junction of the two continents - Europe and Asia and belongs to the countries of the black Sea Region. In the north it is bordered by the mountain system of the Greater Caucasus, in the south- by the Smaller Caucasus . In the west Georgia is washed by the Black Sea, and the east its border is the River Alazani. The whole Length of its border is about 2000Kms. Its borderline on the land is 1660Kms as for the rest of it, it follows the Black Sea Coast

The Territory of Georgia amounts to 69.7 thousand square kilometers. Its population is 4.6 Million (according to the 2003 census data); 83.8% of the population is ethnic Georgian, Jews have the longest history (26 centuries) of living in Georgia among the non-Georgian nations. The Abkhazs are autochtons. Azerbaijanis (6.5%) are the most numerous their population after Georgian, Armenians (5.7%) , Ossets (2.2%) , Russians (1.5%), Abkhazs (1.0%), Greeks (0.3%), etc.

The nation of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო sak’art’velo) was first unified as a kingdom under the Bagrationi dynasty by the King Bagrat III of Georgia in the 9th to 10th century, arising from a number of predecessor states of ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia.