TIFLIS

(1) Government, Georgia; includes some of loftiest peaks of Caucasus range; extensive forests; agriculture and stock raising; silk, wine, Glauber’s salt, petroleum, and copper ore. Area, 15,776 sq. m.; pop. 1,473,000 (2) town, cap. of Georgia and of above (41° 42’ N., 44° 48’ EF.) on Kur; stands on main railway between Bakum and Baku; founded by King Vakhtang in 5th cent. A.D.; site of univ. (founded 1918) important commercial center, exporting silk, carpets, cotton, tobacco, and silver ornaments in filigree and enamel work; the po e ion of Tiflis and the Caspian oilfields was the objective of Enver Pasha during Caucasian frontier campaign, 1914-15. Pop. 346,800.