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About the city

Tbilisi

• Tbilisi is the capital of the State of Georgia, and this city was founded in the 15th century by the king of ancient Georgia, the precursor to Iberia, and at that time was the seat of the Kingdom of Karti, and in the 18th century it became under the control of the Caucasus, and the total area of the city reached 350 square kilometers. It is home to more than one million and two hundred thousand people.

• The city is one of the most developed cities in the recent period, as it is home to many higher education institutions such as Tbilisi State University, Georgian Technical University, Conservatory, Georgia Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi State Medical University, Caucasus University, American Georgia, International University of the Black Sea, and University Georgian Agrarian, International School of Economics, and the city contains many attractions such as the Georgian National Monument, Tbilisi Opera, Shota Academic Theatre, Sameba Cathedral, and Vorontsov Palace.

• The city is considered one of the most multicultural cities in the world. It contains more than one hundred ethnic groups, and the proportion of indigenous Georgians reaches 89% of the population. Among the most famous ethnic groups in the city are; Armenians, Russians, Azeris, Ossetians, Abkhazians, Ukrainians, Greeks, Germans, Jews, Estonians, Kurds, Assyrians.