List of municipalities in Georgia (country) explained

A municipality (Georgian: მუნიციპალიტეტი|tr) is a subdivision of Georgia, consisting of a settlement or a group of settlements (community, თემი, temi), which enjoy local self-government. A total of 69 municipalities are registered as of January 2019.[1] Five municipalities are entirely located in breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and are effectively not governed by Tbilisi. The remaining 64 are divided over five self-governing cities (ქალაქი, kalaki) and 59 self-governing communities. Municipalities can be subdivided into administrative units, referred to as a community (თემი, temi).

Background

The municipalities were first established in 2006. Most of them were successors to the earlier subdivisions, known as raioni (რაიონი), "districts". In addition, new municipalities were formed to govern those settlements in the disputed entities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia that at the time 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.[2] [3] Each municipality is divided into administrative units (ადმინისტრაციული ერთეული), which can comprise one or several settlements.[4]

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 (mkhare): Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, and Shida Kartli.[2]

List of municipalities as of 2019

+ Regions, municipalities, and districts of Georgia
Municipality as of 2019Corresponding district before 2006Population
(01.01.2021)[5]
3,728,573
Tbilisi, City of1,202,731
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazian.a.
1. Azhara (Upper Abkhazia) Municipalityn.a.
—Gagran.a.
—Galin.a.
—Gudautan.a.
—Gulripshin.a.
—Ochamchiren.a.
—Sokhumin.a.
Autonomous Republic of Adjara354,905
1. Batumi, City of172,063
2. Keda MunicipalityKeda District16,700
3. Kobuleti MunicipalityKobuleti District71,843
4. Khelvachauri MunicipalityKhelvachauri District52,737
5. Khulo MunicipalityKhulo District26,626
6. Shuakhevi MunicipalityShuakhevi District14,936
Region of Guria107,101
1. Chokhatauri, Municipality ofChokhatauri District17,851
2. Lanchkhuti MunicipalityLanchkhuti District29,893
3. Ozurgeti MunicipalityOzurgeti District59,357
Region of Imereti481,473
1. Kutaisi, City of134,378
2. Baghdati MunicipalityBaghdati District18,363
3. Vani MunicipalityVani District21,241
4. Zestaponi MunicipalityZestaponi District55,142
5. Terjola MunicipalityTerjola District31,427
6. Samtredia MunicipalitySamtredia District43,448
7. Sachkhere MunicipalitySachkhere District34,848
8. Tkibuli MunicipalityTkibuli District17,898
9. Tsqaltubo MunicipalityTskkaltubo District46,803
10. Chiatura MunicipalityChiatura District38,231
11. Kharagauli MunicipalityKharagauli District18,571
12. Khoni MunicipalityKhoni District21,123
Region of Kakheti309,578
1. Akhmeta MunicipalityAkhmeta District28,853
2. Gurjaani MunicipalityGurjaani District51,814
3. Dedoplistskaro MunicipalityDedoplis Tskaro District20,677
4. Telavi MunicipalityTelavi District55,113
5. Lagodekhi MunicipalityLagodekhi District41,152
6. Sagarejo MunicipalitySagarejo District52,335
7. Sighnaghi Municipality29,177
8. Qvareli MunicipalityQvareli District30,457
Region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti93,389
1. Akhalgori MunicipalityAkhalgori Districtn.a.
2. Dusheti MunicipalityDusheti District26,328
3. Tianeti MunicipalityTianeti District10,274
4. Mtskheta MunicipalityMtskheta District53,006
5. Kazbegi MunicipalityKazbegi District3,781
Region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti28,500
1. Ambrolauri MunicipalityAmbrolauri District10,405
2. Lentekhi MunicipalityLentekhi District4,027
3. Oni MunicipalityOni District5,563
4. Tsageri MunicipalityTsageri District8,505
Region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti308,358
1. Poti, City of41,536
2. Abasha MunicipalityAbasha District19,560
3. Zugdidi MunicipalityZugdidi District99,542
4. Martvili MunicipalityMartvili District31,495
5. Mestia MunicipalityMestia District9,447
6. Senaki MunicipalitySenaki District34,315
7. Chkhorotsku MunicipalityDistrict21,361
8. Tsalenjikha MunicipalityTsalenjikha District23,296
9. Khobi MunicipalityKhobi District27,806
Region of Samtskhe-Javakheti151,110
1. Adigeni MunicipalityAdigeni District16,092
2. Aspindza MunicipalityAspindza District10,587
3. Akhalkalaki MunicipalityAkhalkalaki District41,026
4. Akhaltsikhe MunicipalityAkhaltsikhe District39,463
5. Borjomi MunicipalityBorjomi District24,998
6. Ninotsminda MunicipalityNinotsminda District18,944
Region of Kvemo Kartli437,347
1. Rustavi, City of130,072
2. Bolnisi MunicipalityBolnisi District56,036
3. Gardabani MunicipalityGardabani District80,329
4. Dmanisi MunicipalityDmanisi District20,922
5. Tetritsqaro MunicipalityTetritsqaro District22,485
6. Marneuli MunicipalityMarneuli District107,824
7. Tsalka MunicipalityTsalka District19,679
Region of Shida Kartli254,081
1. Gori MunicipalityGori District120,569
2. Kaspi MunicipalityKaspi District41,795
3. Kareli MunicipalityKareli District40,689
4. Khashuri MunicipalityKhashuri District51,028
5. Eredvi Municipalityn.a.
6. Tighvi Municipalityn.a.
7. Kurta Municipalityn.a.
—Java Districtn.a.
Notes:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Registry of Municipalities. National Agency of Public Registry. 22 December 2021. ka.
  2. Web site: ტერიტორიული მოწყობა და მმართველობა (Territorial Structure and Government). Administration of the President of Georgia (Saakashvili Archive). 22 December 2021. Georgian. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710064058/https://president.gov.ge/ge/Georgia/TerritorialStructureAndGovernment. 10 July 2015.
  3. ადგილობრივი თვითმმართველობის კოდექსი [Code of Local Self-Government] ]. Organic law . 1958-IIს . ka . 5 February 2014 . 9 July 2015.
  4. Web site: Transparency remains a challenge for self-governing cities. Transparency International Georgia. 9 July 2015. 28 October 2014.
  5. Web site: Population and Demography - Population as of 1 January (2021) by regions and urban-rural settlements. National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). 22 December 2021.

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