Georgia is a state located in the

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. According to the

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, Georgia is the 8th most populous state with inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning of land. Georgia is divided into 159 counties and contains 535

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

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 ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

with

Clarke County Clarke County may refer to: ;Places *One of five counties in the United States: **Clarke County, Alabama **Clarke County, Georgia **Clarke County, Iowa **Clarke County, Mississippi **Clarke County, Virginia * Clarke County, New South Wales, in Aust ...

, Augusta with

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Columbus Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio Columbus may also refer to: Places ...

with

Muscogee County Muscogee County is a county located on the central western border of the U.S. state of Georgia; its western border with the state of Alabama is formed by the Chattahoochee River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 206,922. Its county se ...

, 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. Statenville is a disincorporated municipality. Echols and Webster coun ...

, 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 capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

, with 498,715 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is

Aldora Aldora is a town in Lamar County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a recorded population of 0, due to a "0 percent self-response rate" to the 2020 census. The actual population was estmated at 103. History The Georgia ...

, with 0 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Augusta, a

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, which spans , and Edge Hill and

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are tied for the smallest, at each.

List of municipalities

File:190 Atlanta, GA.JPG, alt=Skyline of Atlanta,

, the state capital and largest city in Georgia File:Columbus Georgia skyline.jpeg, alt=Downtown Columbus, Downtown

, Georgia's second-largest city File:Augustagaskyline.jpg, alt=Skyline of Augusta, Augusta, Georgia's third-largest city File:MaconSkyline.JPG, Macon, Georgia's fourth-largest city File:Wideshot of River St in Savannah, Georgia.JPG, alt=Skyline of Savannah,

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

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

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Georgia Municipal Association

{{Georgia (U.S. state) * *

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Georgia, List of cities in Georgia

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