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Geography Categories
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GeorgiaTransnational Issues
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Disputes - international: |
Russia and Georgia agree on delimiting 80% of their common border, leaving certain small, strategic segments and the maritime boundary unresolved; OSCE observers monitor volatile areas such as the Pankisi Gorge in the Akhmeti region and the Argun Gorge in Abkhazia; UN Observer Mission in Georgia has maintained a peacekeeping force in Georgia since 1993; Meshkheti Turks scattered throughout the former Soviet Union seek to return to Georgia; boundary with Armenia remains undemarcated; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy from the Georgian government; Azerbaijan and Georgia cannot resolve the alignment of their boundary at certain crossing areas
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Refugees and internally displaced persons: |
IDPs: 260,000 (displaced from Abkhazia and South Ossetia) (2004)
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Illicit drugs: |
limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates via Central Asia to Western Europe and Russia
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More about Georgia:
Introduction
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People
Government
Economy
Communications
Transportation
Military
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World Factbook INDEX:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 A: Page 1 of 6.
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