Eastern Georgia commonly refers to the eastern part of the nation of Georgia, which in historic times included the kingdom of Iberia in the Caucasus. The present-day term refers to the territory of Georgia which lies to the east and south of the Likhi and Meskheti Ranges, but excludes the region of Ajaria. Eastern Georgia includes the historic Georgian provinces of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kartli, Kakheti, Pshavi, Mtiuleti, Tusheti, Khevsureti, Khevi as well as the capital city of Tbilisi.
Famous quotes containing the words eastern and/or georgia:
“The more important the title, the more self-important the person, the greater the amount of time spent on the Eastern shuttle, the more suspicious the man and the less vitality in the organization.”
—Jane O’Reilly, U.S. feminist and humorist. The Girl I Left Behind, ch. 5 (1980)
“Being a Georgia author is a rather specious dignity, on the same order as, for the pig, being a Talmadge ham.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)