Georgia Municipalities

Georgia redrew its local government in 2014: 59 municipalities and five self-governing cities. Maps from before that, and some boundary files still published, miss the cities of Batumi, Kutaisi, Poti and Rustavi and give their land to the municipalities around them. This game draws the current map.

The quiz: Name to place, on the map
Grouped by: The twelve regions, the same ones as the regions quiz
In the game: 66 municipalities

Start

What you are looking at

Most municipalities are named for their main town, and run from the high mountain districts of Mestia and Kazbegi down to small lowland ones in Imereti and Guria. Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Poti and Rustavi are cities that govern themselves, and they are small shapes set inside the municipalities around them: Batumi in Adjara, Poti on the coast of Samegrelo, Kutaisi in the middle of Imereti and Rustavi south east of the capital.

Two units are not municipalities. Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) are outside Tbilisi's control, but they are inside Georgia's internationally recognised borders, so each is drawn as a single target rather than as the districts they were divided into. The Tskhinvali region is counted in Shida Kartli.

How to place one

Start with a region. The municipalities are grouped by region, so you can drill one at a time. Kakheti has eight, Imereti twelve, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti nine.
Find the five cities first. They are the small ones, and the game gives most of them a tap area.
Follow the highway. Tbilisi, Gori, Khashuri, Zestaponi and Kutaisi line up on the east-west road across the middle of the country.
Leave the mountains for last. Mestia, Lentekhi, Oni and Kazbegi are long and thin, and they sit along the northern border.

Every municipality, by region

Imereti12 municipalities: Baghdati, Chiatura, Kharagauli, Khoni, Kutaisi, Sachkhere, Samtredia, Terjola, Tqibuli, Tskaltubo, Vani, Zestaponi
Kakheti8 municipalities: Akhmeta, Dedoplistsqaro, Gurjaani, Kvareli, Lagodekhi, Sagarejo, Signagi, Telavi
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti9 municipalities: Abasha, Chkhorotsqu, Khobi, Martvili, Mestia, Poti, Senaki, Tsalenjikha, Zugdidi
Kvemo Kartli7 municipalities: Bolnisi, Dmanisi, Gardabani, Marneuli, Rustavi, Tetritskaro, Tsalka
Shida Kartli5 municipalities: Gori, Kareli, Kaspi, Khashuri, South Ossetia
Samtskhe-Javakheti6 municipalities: Adigeni, Akhalkalaki, Akhaltsikhe, Aspindza, Borjomi, Ninotsminda
Adjara6 municipalities: Batumi, Keda, Khelvachauri, Khulo, Kobuleti, Shuakhevi
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti4 municipalities: Ambrolauri, Lentekhi, Oni, Tsageri
Guria3 municipalities: Chokhatauri, Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti
Mtskheta-Mtianeti4 municipalities: Dusheti, Kazbegi, Mtskheta, Tianeti
Abkhazia1 municipality: Abkhazia
Tbilisi1 municipality: Tbilisi

Worked examples

Rustavi

The city that is not in the capital

Rustavi is a steel town south east of Tbilisi and a self-governing city of its own. Older boundary files fold it into Gardabani, which surrounds it on every side, so a map without it is missing a municipality.

Batumi

The one on the coast

Batumi is the capital of Adjara and a port on the Black Sea, set between Khelvachauri and Kobuleti. It is one of the five self-governing cities.

Frequently asked questions

How many municipalities does Georgia have?

64: the capital Tbilisi, the four self-governing cities of Batumi, Kutaisi, Poti and Rustavi, and 59 municipalities. The quiz has two more targets, Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region, so that the map has no gaps.

Why are Abkhazia and South Ossetia single targets?

Tbilisi does not run their local government, so the municipalities they were divided into are not part of the 64. They are inside Georgia's recognised borders, so the map draws each as one unit instead of leaving a hole.

For the tier above this one, see Georgia Regions.