GEORGIA IS A TRANSCONTINENTAL 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 EAST BY AZERBAIJAN, AND TO THE SOUTH BY ARMENIA AND TURKEY. THE CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY IS TBILISI. GEORGIA COVERS A TERRITORY OF 69,700 SQUARE KILOMETERS (26,911 SQ MI), AND ITS APPROXIMATE POPULATION IS ABOUT 3.718 MILLION. GEORGIA IS A UNITARY PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC, WITH THE GOVERNMENT ELECTED THROUGH A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. GEORGIA IS FAMOUS FOR VARDZIA, A SPRAWLING CAVE MONASTERY DATING TO THE 12TH CENTURY AND ALSO IS A HOME TO CAUCASUS MOUNTAIN VILLAGES AND BLACK SEA BEACHES. THE CAPITAL, TBILISI, IS KNOWN FOR THE DIVERSE ARCHITECTURE AND MAZELIKE, COBBLESTONE STREETS OF ITS OLD TOWN.