Georgia asia or europe. One definition of europe marks the caucasus mountains as its border putting georgia firmly in asia. Located in the armenian highlands in western asia the nation is bordered by turkey georgia azerbaijan iran azerbaijans exclave of nakhchivan and the de facto republic of artsakh. Georgia is a country in the caucasus region.
Situated at the juncture of western asia and eastern europe it is bounded to the west by the black sea to the north by russia to the south by turkey and armenia and to the east by azerbaijangeorgia covers an area of 69700 square kilometres 26900 sq mi. On our recent trip to georgia we participated in the first international backgammon tournament for journalists which was sponsored by the gaming group europe bet. Asia debate but were eager to assay georgian opinion on the issue.
The south caucasus region refers to the area lying on the border between western asia and eastern europe which is close to the southern caucasus mountains. The republic of georgia is an autonomous mountainous state in the caucasus region at the boundary between europe and asia. The precise definition of where europe and asia were located was debated well into the 19th century as the russian and iranian empires battled repeatedly for political supremacy of the southern caucasus mountains where georgia azerbaijan and armenia lie.
Whether georgia is in europe or asia is dependent on many factors such as the global alliances citizen passion and cultural influence. Linguistically the three countries have slightly more in common with europe than with asiamost european languages fall within the indo european language familyphylum and armenian is its own subset of the indo european languages most similar to greek. Situated at the strategically important crossroads where europe meets asia georgia has a unique and ancient cultural heritage and is famed for its traditions of hospitality and cuisine.
Georgia is open for the tourists from 1st of july.