List of municipalities in Georgia (country)


A municipality is a subdivision of Georgia, consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements, which enjoy local self-government. There are two types of municipalities—self-governing cities, 5 in total, and self-governing communities, 67 in total, as of January 2019.

Background

The municipalities were first established in 2006. Most of them were successors to the earlier subdivisions, known as raioni, "districts". In addition, new municipalities were formed to govern those settlements in the disputed entities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia that then remained under Georgia's control. After the Russo-Georgian War of 2008, Georgia treats these municipalities as parts of its occupied territories. The former districts not under Georgia's effective sovereignty at the moment of the local government reform of 2006 were not transformed into municipalities. Rather, the laws of Georgia include a notion that the final mode of subdivision and system of local self-government should be established after the restoration of the state jurisdiction over the occupied territories. Each municipality is divided into administrative units, which can comprise one or several settlements.
The municipalities outside the two autonomous republics of Adjara and of Abkhazia and the capital city of Tbilisi are grouped, on a provisional basis, into nine regions : Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, and Shida Kartli.

List of municipalities as of 2019



Municipality as of 2019Corresponding district as of 2006Population
3,720,400
Tbilisi, City of1,113,000
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia*n.a.****
1. Azhara, Community of*n.a.****
—Gagra*n.a.****
—Gali*n.a.****
—Gudauta*n.a.****
—Gulripshi*n.a.****
—Ochamchire*n.a.****
—Sokhumi*n.a.****
Autonomous Republic of Adjara480,209
1. Batumi, City of204,156
2. Keda, Community ofKeda District21,200
3. Kobuleti, Community ofKobuleti District104,013
4. Khelvachauri, Community ofKhelvachauri District95,200
5. Khulo, Community ofKhulo District35,520
6. Shuakhevi, Community ofShuakhevi District20,120
Region of Guria113,000
1. Chokhatauri, Municipality ofChokhatauri District18,900
2. Lanchkhuti, Community ofLanchkhuti District31,500
3. Ozurgeti, Community ofOzurgeti District48,000
Region of Imereti487,200
1. Kutaisi, City of135,200
2. Baghdati, Community ofBaghdati District18,700
3. Vani, Community ofVani District21,600
4. Zestaponi, Community ofZestaponi District55,500
5. Terjola, Community ofTerjola District31,900
6. Samtredia, Community ofSamtredia District44,000
7. Sachkhere, Community of**Sachkhere District**35,300
8. Tkibuli, Community ofTkibuli District18,200
9. Tsqaltubo, Community ofTskkaltubo District47,900
10. Chiatura, Community ofChiatura District38,600
11. Kharagauli, Community ofKharagauli District18,700
12. Khoni, Community ofKhoni District21,400
Region of Kakheti318,400
1. Akhmeta, Community ofAkhmeta District31,700
2. Gurjaani, Community ofGurjaani District53,900
3. Dedoplis Tskaro, Community ofDedoplis Tskaro District21,100
4. Telavi, Community ofTelavi District38,700
5. Lagodekhi, Community ofLagodekhi District41,800
6. Sagarejo, Community ofSagarejo District52,200
7. Sighnaghi, Community of29,600
8. Qvareli, Community ofQvareli District29,800
Region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti94,200
1. Akhalgori, Community of**Akhalgori District**n.a.***
2. Dusheti, Community ofDusheti District25,400
3. Tianeti, Community ofTianeti District9,300
4. Mtskheta, Community ofMtskheta District47,800
5. Kazbegi, Community ofKazbegi District3,800
Region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti31,500
1. Ambrolauri, Community ofAmbrolauri District8,900
2. Lentekhi, Community ofLentekhi District4,400
3. Oni, Community of**Oni District**6,000
4. Tsageri, Community ofTsageri District10,200
Region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti329,700
1. Poti, City of41,500
2. Abasha, Community ofAbasha District22,100
3. Zugdidi, Community ofZugdidi District62,500
4. Martvili, Community ofMartvili District33,300
5. Mestia, Community ofMestia District9,400
6. Senaki, Community ofSenaki District39,500
7. Chkhorotsku, Community ofDistrict22,200
8. Tsalenjikha, Community ofTsalenjikha District26,100
9. Khobi, Community ofKhobi District30,400
Region of Samtskhe-Javakheti160,500
1. Adigeni, Community ofAdigeni District16,500
2. Aspindza, Community ofAspindza District10,400
3. Akhalkalaki, Community ofAkhalkalaki District45,200
4. Akhaltsikhe, Community ofAkhaltsikhe District20,800
5. Borjomi, Community ofBorjomi District25,100
6. Ninotsminda, Community ofNinotsminda District24,500
Region of Kvemo Kartli426,400
1. Rustavi, City of126,000
2. Bolnisi, Community ofBolnisi District53,800
3. Gardabani, Community ofGardabani District82,300
4. Dmanisi, Community ofDmanisi District19,100
5. Tetri Tsqaro, Community ofTetritsqaro District21,000
6. Marneuli, Community ofMarneuli District105,300
7. Tsalka, Community ofTsalka District18,900
Region of Shida Kartli263,800
1. Gori, Community of**Gori District**77,800***
2. Kaspi, Community ofKaspi District43,700
3. Kareli, Community of**Kareli District**41,300***
4. Khashuri, Community ofKhashuri District52,700
5. Eredvi, Community of**n.a.****
6. Tighva, Community of**n.a.****
7. Kurta, Community of**n.a.****
—Java District**n.a.****

*– The territories of Abkhazia outside Georgia's control and defined by Georgia as "occupied territories" as of 2015.
**– Municipalities which include at least some settlements in South Ossetia outside Georgia's control and defined by Georgia as "occupied territories" as of 2015.
***– Official statistics available only for those parts of the municipalities that are controlled by Georgia.
****– Official statistics are not available for the territories not under Georgia's control.