Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)
The subdivisions of Georgia are autonomous republics, regions, and municipalities.
Georgia a unitary state, whose borders are defined by the law as corresponding to the situation of 21 December 1991. It includes two autonomous republics, those of Adjara and Abkhazia, the latter being outside Georgia's effective control. The former, Soviet-era autonomous entity of South Ossetia, also not currently under Georgia's de facto jurisdiction, has no final defined constitutional status in Georgia's territorial arrangement.
The territory of Georgia is currently subdivided into a total of 76 municipalities—12 self-governing cities, including the nation's capital of Tbilisi, and 64 communities. The municipalities outside the two autonomous republics and 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. Tbilisi itself is divided into ten districts.
Autonomous republics
The two autonomous republics, Abkhazia and Adjara, were established during the Soviet era and are recognized by the modern Constitution of Georgia adopted in 1995.Adjara
Adjara is subdivided into 6 municipalities:- The self-governing city of Batumi, which is the entity's capital;
- The self-governing community of Keda;
- The self-governing community of Kobuleti;
- The self-governing community of Khelvachauri;
- The self-governing community of Shuakhevi;
- The self-governing community of Khulo.
Abkhazia
South Ossetia
South Ossetia enjoyed the status of an autonomous oblast in the Soviet era. When Georgia became independent, South Ossetia covered four municipalities that are de jure in separate today's Georgian regions : the eastern tip of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, the north-east part of Imereti, the northern half of Shida Kartli, and the western part of Mtskheta-Mtianeti.After the military conflicts in 1991–1992 and 2008, Georgia considers the former Autonomous Oblast of South Ossetia an occupied territory. Its status is not constitutionally defined by Georgia, but there is a Provisional Administration of South Ossetia sitting in exile in Tbilisi. The territory which had been under Georgia's control prior to the Russo–Georgian War of 2008, was organized into four municipalities, which retain their de jure status. South Ossetia's secessionist government divides the entity's territory into four districts.
The laws of Georgia include a notion that the final subdivision and system of local self-government should be established after the restoration of the state's sovereignty in the occupied territories.
Regions
Regions were established by presidential decrees from 1994 to 1996, on a provisional basis until the secessionist conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are resolved. They roughly correspond to the traditional principal historical and geographical areas of Georgia. A region is not a self-governing unit; its function is, rather, to coordinate communication of several municipalities with the central government of Georgia, which is represented in a region by an official appointed by Prime Minister, the State Commissioner, informally known as "governor".| Region | Population | Population Density | Area of Region | Additional Notes |
| Tbilisi | 1,158,700 | 3,194.38 | 504.2 | Metro has 1,485,293 |
| Imereti | 487,000 | 83 | 6,475 | |
| Adjara | 480,209 | 166.72 | 2,880 | |
| Kvemo Kartli | 423,986 | 70 | 6,072 | |
| Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti | 331,145 | 45 | 7,440 | |
| Kakheti | 319,144 | 28 | 11,311 | |
| Shida Kartli | 264,633 | 46.2 | 5,729 | |
| Abkhazia | 240,705 | 28 | 8,660 | Abkazia is a disputed territory |
| Samtskhe– Javakheti | 160,262 | 25 | 6,413 | |
| Guria | 113,000 | 56 | 2,033 | |
| Mtskheta-Mtianeti | 94,370 | 14 | 6,786 | |
| Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti | 31,927 | 6.4 | 4,990 |