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The latest version of the FIPS standard is called "Geopolitical Entities and Codes", published in 2010-04. It revokes the FIPS codes for the districts, replacing them with a set of region codes.

Several standards documents have listed the divisions of Georgia. ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard) came out in fall 1996. It was superseded by ISO 3166-2 (first edition), published on 1998-12-15. This, in turn, was updated by ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Number I-2, published on 2002-05-21. I will refer to the three versions as ISO-1996, ISO-1998, and ISO-2002. FIPS PUB 10-4 is the analogous federal (U.S.) standard. The first edition is dated 1995-04 (superseding an earlier standard). Change Notice 1 for FIPS PUB 10-4 is dated 1998-12-01. I will call these two versions FIPS-1995 and FIPS-1998.

FIPS-1995 listed Georgia with no subdivisions. ISO-1996 listed two autonomous republics, and stated vaguely that there were also some prefectures, but it had not obtained their names or quantity. ISO-1998 and FIPS-1998 both show Georgia divided into autonomous republics, cities, and regions. FIPS-1998 shows two autonomous republics, nine cities, and 53 regions. To this set, ISO-1998 adds four more cities and ten more regions, which are all contained in the two autonomous republics. (Many sources call the regions "districts".) ISO-2002 drops the cities and regions and adds ten new regions of a different type.

As part of the Soviet Union, Georgia contained the Abkhazian Autonomous Republic (Abkhazia), the Ajarian Autonomous Republic (Ajaria), and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region. The large section of Georgia which was not in any of those areas had no specific name or status. Abkhazia and Ajaria have remained. In 1995, South Ossetia was renamed Tskhinvali and repartitioned with the districts. The cities and regions may have existed even during the Soviet period, but they first came to my knowledge in FIPS-1998.

Comparing the ISO-1998 and FIPS-1998 standards, they both evidently cover two levels of division. ISO-1998 lists both the autonomous republics and the regions and cities that are contained in those republics; therefore, this area is covered twice. The only problem with FIPS-1998 is that it treats republics and regions in the same way, whereas republics are really higher-level divisions.

I have data from several sources for the Georgian districts. The variations are minor. The explanation may be that the different sources are from different dates, and that the districts have changed in between. Unfortunately, I'm not able to deduce what changes have occurred. The best I can say about this table is that it probably contains all the districts of Georgia as of some recent date, and possibly a couple of extra districts as well.

NameTypHASCISOFIPSPop-2014Pop-2002 Area(km.²)
AbashamGE.SZ.AS1GG0122,34128,707321
AdigenimGE.SJ.AD2GG0316,46220,752800
AkhalgorimGE.MM.AG3GG0507,7031,011
AkhalkalakimGE.SJ.AK4GG0645,07060,9751,235
AkhaltsikhemGE.SJ.AT5GG0738,89546,1341,010
AkhmetamGE.KA.AM6GG0831,46141,6412,207
AmbrolaurimGE.RK.AL7GG0911,18616,0791,142
AspindzamGE.SJ.AZ8GG1010,37213,010825
BagdatimGE.IM.BG9GG1121,58229,235815
BatumicGE.AJ.BTBUS152,839121,80619
BolnisimGE.KK.BL10GG1253,59074,301804
BorjomimGE.SJ.BR11GG1325,21432,4221,189
ChiaturamGE.IM.CTCHIGG1439,88456,341542
ChkhorotskumGE.SZ.CQ12GG1522,30930,124619
ChokhataurimGE.GU.CK13GG1619,00124,090824
ChuguretidGE.TB.CH65,23000
Dedoplis TskaromGE.KA.DD14GG1721,22130,8112,529
DidubedGE.TB.DI70,01800
DmanisimGE.KK.DM15GG1819,14128,0341,199
DushetimGE.MM.DU16GG1925,65933,6362,982
EredvimGE.SD.ER000
GagradGE.AB.GGGAG00772
GalidGE.AB.GL17001,003
GardabanimGE.KK.GD18GG2081,876114,3481,609
GldanidGE.TB.GL177,21400
GorimGE.SD.GOGORGG21125,69202,267
GudautadGE.AB.GT20001,640
GulripshidGE.AB.GP2101,9561,835
GurjaanimGE.KA.GJ22GG2354,33772,618846
IsanidGE.TB.IS125,61000
JavadGE.SD.JV23GG24000
KarelimGE.SD.KR24GG2541,31650,4221,093
KaspimGE.SD.KP25GG2643,77152,217823
KazbegimGE.MM.QZ45GG433,7955,2611,082
KedamGE.AJ.KD2616,76020,024452
KharagaulimGE.IM.KG27GG2719,47327,885914
KhashurimGE.SD.KS28GG2852,60362,714585
KhelvachaurimGE.AJ.KV2951,18990,843410
KhobimGE.SZ.KH30GG2930,54841,240725
KhonimGE.IM.KN31GG3023,57031,749429
KhulomGE.AJ.KL3223,32733,430710
KobuletimGE.AJ.KB3374,79488,063720
KrtsanisidGE.TB.KR39,28600
KurtamGE.SD.KT000
KutaisicGE.IM.KTKUTGG31147,635185,9650
KvarelimGE.KA.QV46GG4429,82737,6581,001
LagodekhimGE.KA.LG34GG3241,67851,066890
LanchkhutimGE.GU.LK35GG3331,48640,507533
LentekhimGE.RK.LE36GG344,3868,9911,344
MarneulimGE.KK.MN37GG35104,300118,221235
MartvilimGE.SZ.MV38GG3633,46344,627881
MestiamGE.SZ.MS39GG379,31614,2483,045
MtatsmindadGE.TB.MM49,05200
MtskhetamGE.MM.MK40GG3855,65164,829806
NadzaladevidGE.TB.NZ154,06700
NinotsmindamGE.SJ.NI41GG3924,49134,3051,354
OchamchiredGE.AB.OC42001,868
OnimGE.RK.ON43GG406,1309,2771,748
OzurgetimGE.GU.OZ44GG4162,86378,760675
PoticGE.SZ.POPTIGG4241,46547,1490
RustavicGE.KK.RURUSGG45125,103116,3840
SaburtalodGE.TB.SB138,49300
SachkheremGE.IM.SC47GG4637,77546,846874
SagarejomGE.KA.SG48GG4751,76159,2121,491
SamgoridGE.TB.SM177,84400
SamtrediamGE.IM.SM49GG4848,56260,456364
SenakimGE.SZ.SN50GG4939,65252,112521
ShuakhevimGE.AJ.SH5115,04421,850588
SignagimGE.KA.SI52GG5029,94843,5871,252
SokhumicGE.AB.SK53000
SokhumidGE.AB.SK53000
TelavimGE.KA.TE54GG5258,35070,5891,095
TerjolamGE.IM.TJ55GG5335,56345,496357
Tetri TskaromGE.KK.TR56GG5421,12725,3541,174
TianetimGE.MM.TI57GG559,46814,014906
TighvimGE.SD.TV000
TkibulimGE.IM.TQTQIGG5620,83931,132478
TkvarchelicGE.AB.TVTQV000
TsagerimGE.RK.TG58GG5710,38716,622755
TsalenjikhamGE.SZ.TL59GG5826,15840,133647
TsalkamGE.KK.TK60GG5918,84920,8881,051
TskaltubomGE.IM.TSTSQGG6056,88373,889700
TskhinvalicGE.SD.TN0000
VakedGE.TB.VK111,90300
VanimGE.IM.VA61GG6124,51234,464577
ZestaponimGE.IM.ZP62GG6257,62876,208424
ZugdidimGE.SZ.ZD63GG64105,509167,760682
  • Name: Modern Georgian name, transliterated from the Georgian
    alphabet.
  • Typ: m = municipality; d = rayon (district); c = k'alak'i (city).
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle
    two letters identify the region. For key, see the Regions of Georgia
    page.
  • ISO: District codes from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in a
    global context, prefix "GE-" to the code (ex: GE-61 represents Vani).
  • FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4, a U.S. government standard.
  • Pop-2014 and Area: From 2014-11-05 census report . Excludes
    areas not under central government control.
  • Pop-2002: From 2002-01-17 census report . Excludes areas
    not under central government control.

Other names of subdivisions:

Baghdat'is Raioni: Bagdadskiy Rayon (Russian)
Bolnisis Raioni: Bolnisskiy Rayon (Russian)
Dmanisis Raioni: Dmanisskiy Rayon (Russian)
Gardabanis Raioni: Gardabanskiy Rayon (Russian)
Kharagaulis Raioni: Kharagaul'skiy Rayon (Russian)
Khonis Raioni: Khonskiy Rayon (Russian)
Lentekhis Raioni: Lentekhskiy Rayon (Russian)
Marneulis Raioni: Marneul'skiy Rayon (Russian)
Martvilis Raioni: Martvil'skiy Rayon (Russian)
Mestiis Raioni: Mestiyskiy Rayon, Zemo-Svanetskii Raion (Russian)
Ozurget'is Raioni: Ozurgetskiy Rayon (Russian)
Qazbegis Raioni: Kazbegskii Raion (Russian)
Senakis Raioni: Senakskiy Rayon (Russian)
T'erjolis Raioni: Terzhol'skiy Rayon (Russian)
Tsalkis Raioni: Tsalkinskii Raion, Tsalkskiy Rayon (Russian)

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