Local time
Fri, 10:50 AM GMT+4Asia/TbilisiCityCapital
Tbilisi
41.73° N, 44.79° E
- Population
- 1,100,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 6
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 6 cities of Georgia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Georgia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 455
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 575 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 720 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Asia/Tbilisi
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Tbilisi, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Tbilisi have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Tbilisi comes from the Georgian word "tbili," meaning "warm" and referring to the hot sulfur springs in the area.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
