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Georgians
ქართველები
Kartvelebi
File:David IV of Georgia (Gelati fresco).jpg File:Queen Tamara of Georgia.jpg File:Bagration P I.jpg
File:Mary Eristavi.jpg File:CroppedStalin1943.jpg File:Franz Xavier Winterhalter. Princess Catherine Dadiani.jpg File:Kote-Apkazi 1916.jpg
File:Lamara Chkonia Tbilisi 1975.jpg File:G. Balanchine (young).jpg File:Eduard shevardnadze.jpg
File:General John Shalikashvili military portrait, 1993.JPEG File:Katie Melua at signing.jpg File:Амвросий (Хелая).jpg File:Ilia Chavchavadze by Alexander Roinashvili.jpg
Total population
c. 4.3[1] — 5 million
Regions with significant populations
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 3,956,000[2]
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia198,944[3]
European Union European Union250,000 [citation needed]
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States200,000 [citation needed]
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel72,000[4]
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey91,500[1]
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine34,199[5]
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece23,159[6]
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil20,750[citation needed]
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan14,900[7]
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan14,000
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy12,670
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan4,990[8]
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore3,500
File:Flag of France.svg France2,500
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada2,500
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia1,105
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina1,050
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico1,000
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom3500
Languages
Georgian (including Mingrelian and Svan), Russian (about 10% of the population)[2]
Religion
Predominantly † Eastern Orthodox Christianity
(Georgian Orthodox Church) (83.9%)

also some Georgiano-Latin, Greek, and Armenian rites of the Roman Catholic Church (0.8%). Muslim minority (9.9%), chiefly Sunnis of the Hanafi school.[9] In diaspora (Chveneburis, Saingilo and Fereydanians) mainly Islam
Related ethnic groups
Laz

The Georgians are a Caucasian ethnic group that come from Georgia. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America.

The majority of Georgians are Eastern Orthodox Christian. They mostly go by the national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, which started in the 4th century. There are also Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities in Tbilisi and Adjara. Located in Caucasus at the edge of Europe, the Georgian people have tried to keep their Christian identity. There is a lot of pressure from the neighboring Muslim empires.

The Georgian language is the official language of the country.

References[change]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ethnologue: Georgian
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Central Intelligence Agency of United States (May 17, 2011). "CIA World Factbook:Georgia". The World Factbook (CIA). Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ Russian Census 2002: Population by ethnicity(in Russian)
  4. ↑ Ethnic Groups of Israel
  5. ↑ Ukrainian Census 2001
  6. ↑ "2001 Greek census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  7. ↑ "Azerbaijan Census 1999". Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  8. ↑ "Kazakhstan Census 2009". Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  9. ↑ "CIA — The World Factbook — Georgia — People — Religions — 2002 Census". Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2012-05-08.


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