Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

is a

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

located in the

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. According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning of land. Georgia is divided into 159

counties A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

and contains 535

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

consisting of cities, towns, consolidated city-counties, and consolidated cities. There is no legal difference in Georgia between cities and towns.Perry Hiott & Chris Dobbs
Georgia's City Governments
''New Georgia Encyclopedia'' (last updated November 12, 2015). Eight municipalities have merged with their counties to form consolidated city-counties:

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

with Clarke County, Augusta with Richmond County, Columbus with Muscogee County, Cusseta with Chattahoochee County, Georgetown with Quitman County, Macon with Bibb County, Statenville with

Echols County Echols County () is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,697. The county seat is Statenville. Since 2008, Statenville is a disincorporated municipality. Echols a ...

, and Webster County unified government with Webster County. Athens and Augusta also have municipalities independent of the consolidated governments and are considered consolidated cities. The largest municipality by population in Georgia is

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

, with 498,715 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Aldora, with 0 residents, although the actual estimated population is at 103, due to a "0% self-response rate". The largest municipality by land area is Augusta, a

consolidated city-county In local government in the United States, United States local government, a consolidated city-county (#Terminology, see below for alternative terms) is formed when one or more city, cities and their surrounding County (United States), county (Lis ...

, which spans , and Edge Hill and

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are tied for the smallest, at each.

List of municipalities

File:Atlanta cityscape.jpg, alt=Skyline of Atlanta,

, the state capital and most populous city in Georgia File:Downtown Columbus, Georgia skyline.jpg, alt=Downtown Columbus, Columbus, Georgia's second-most populous city File:Augusta, GA Downtown Skyline 2017.jpg, alt=Skyline of Augusta, Augusta, Georgia's third-most populous city File:MaconSkyline.JPG, Macon, Georgia's fourth-most populous city File:Wideshot of River St in Savannah, Georgia.JPG, alt=Skyline of Savannah,

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, Georgia's fifth-most populous city File:Athens, Georgia - Clayton Street Intersection.jpg,

, Georgia's sixth-most populous city File:Wiki PTCONCOURSE.JPG, Sandy Springs, Georgia's seventh-most populous city

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Georgia Municipal Association
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Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Georgia, List of cities in

List of municipalities

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