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Georgia is an independent, unified and indivisible law base state, ratified by the referendum carried out on March 31, 1991 throughout the territory of the country, including the then Autonomous soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazeti and former autonomous oblast of South Osetia and further adduced by the act of the Georgian state. There are 63 administrative districts. The population of the country is 5,5 millions (1989). The form of political order of the Republic of Georgia is a democratic Republic. The territory of Georgia is 69,7 thousand sq. kilometers.
The population consists of more then 100 nationalities. The main population in Georgia consists of Georgians ( 70 %) The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi. (over 1,3 mill.) The state language in Georgia is Georgian, but in Abkhazeti, Abkhazian is also the state language.The state recognizes the special importance of the Georgian Orthodox Church in Georgian history but simultaneously announces complete freedom in religious belief and the independence of the church from the state.