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Georgia ( Georgian :  საქართველო ,  translit. :   sakartvelo ,  IPA:  [sɑkʰɑrtʰvɛlɔ]   ( listen ) ), known until 1995 as the Republic of Georgia ( Georgian :  საქართველოს რესპუბლიკა ,  translit. :   sakartvelos resp'ublik'a ), is a  country  in the  Caucasus  region of  Eurasia . Located at  the crossroads  of  Western Asia  and  Eastern Europe , it is bounded to the west by the  Black Sea , to the north by  Russia , to the south by Turkey and  Armenia , and to the southeast by  Azerbaijan . The  capital  and  largest city is  Tbilisi . Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 square kilometres (26,911 sq mi), and its 2017 population is about 3.718 million. Georgia is a  unitary   parliamentary republic , with the government elected through a  representative democracy . During the  classical era , several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as  Colchis  and  Iberia . The  Georgians  officially  adopted Christianity  in the early 4th century. Th