Armenians in Georgia (Armenian: Վրացահայեր Vratsahayer) are ethnic Armenians living within the country of Georgia. The Armenian community is mostly concentrated in the capital Tbilisi and the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, which borders Armenia to the south. Armenians form the majority in this region. Official Georgian statistics put the Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti at about 54% of the population. In Abkhazia, Armenians are the second biggest ethnic group in the region after the Abkhazian majority.
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