Georgia

Important Cities

Tbilisi(Capital)
Gori
Zugdidi
Sokhumi
Kutaisi
Rustavi
Akhalkalaki
Akhaltsikhe
Poti
Telavi
Batumi

Main Attractions

Narikhala Fortress, Tbilisi
Nekresi Monastry
Gelati Monastry
Uplistsikhe Cave Town
Jvari Monastry
Bagrati Cathedral
Upper Svaneti Villages and Mountains
Upper Svaneti Villages and Mountains

Main Industries

Wine
Mining of Copper
Steel
Wood Products
Aircraft
Electrical Appliances
Chemicals

Georgia is likewise remarkable for the extent and variety of its woodland, its pine being world-famous.
Georgia served by waiting, and when at last Washington could assign Greene and Lee to the army of the South, the recapture of Savannah followed closely upon that of Atlanta, and the last British post had been abandoned in the colony before the surrender at Yorktown.
There are three Catholic colleges in Georgia with 342 students: the College of Marist Fathers at Atlanta, the College of the Sacred Heart at Augusta, and St. Stanislaus Novitiate of the Society of Jesus at Macon.
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A history professor from the University of Georgia is editor, and each section is edited by a topic specialist, according to a September 2000 article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
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