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 * This article is about the Eurasian country. For the southern U.S. state, see Georgia (state).

Georgia is a country located at the crossroads of Asia and Europe. It is located in the region known as the Caucasus. It was a critical location on the old Silk Road that transported goods and people in both directions from ancient times. 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 southeast by Azerbaijan.

The unified Kingdom of Georgia reached the peak of its political and economic strength in the 11th–12th centuries.

During the Twentieth century, and in the era of the USSR, it was assimilated into that union, and became an independent country after the break up of the USSR in 1993.



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Formerly the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) from 1921-1991, and the Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1918-1921. In the Caucasus Mountains bounded on the north by Russia, on the east by Azerbaijan, the south by Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey, and on the west by the Black Sea. To read more about Georgia see The World Factbook and Wikipedia.

Jurisdictions
Georgia is divided into 9 regions,1 city (Tbilisi), and 2 autonomous republics (Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and Autonomous Republic of Adjara). These in turn are subdivided into 72 districts.

Regions of Georgia:


 * Guria
 * Imereti
 * Kakheti
 * Kvemo Kartli
 * Mtskheta-Mtianeti
 * Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
 * Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
 * Samtskhe-Javakheti
 * Shida Kartli

Nepal is probably the country with the greatest range in elevation and annual rainfall in the world, with elevations ranging from less than 100 meters (300 ft) to over 8,000 meters (26,000 ft) and precipitation from 160 millimeters (6 in) to over 5,000 millimeters (16 ft) the country has eight climate zones from tropical to perpetual snow.

The mountainous north of Nepal has eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा) in the Nepali language. More than 240 peaks over 20,000 ft (6,096 m) above sea level are located in Nepal. The southern Terai region is fertile and humid. (From Wikipedia)

Nepal does not have a national repository for vital statistics of any kind. There is a movement in place to establish this as a national policy, and the following link provides some information on this activity: http://www.micnepal.org/EventsActivities/ChildApp/BirthRegistration.aspx

The following two links provide some help for starting with Nepalese genealogy:

One source for finding links for Nepalese genealogy follows: http://www.genealogytoday.com/surname/finder.mv?Surname=Nepal

Another is: http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/NEPAL

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