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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 It was superseded by ISO 3166-2 (first edition), published on 1998-12-15.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.

Name Typ HASC ISO FIPS Pop-2014 Pop-2002 Area(km.²)
Abasha m GE.SZ.AS 1 GG01 22,341 28,707 321
Adigeni m GE.SJ.AD 2 GG03 16,462 20,752 800
Akhalgori m GE.MM.AG 3 GG05 0 7,703 1,011
Akhalkalaki m GE.SJ.AK 4 GG06 45,070 60,975 1,235
Akhaltsikhe m GE.SJ.AT 5 GG07 38,895 46,134 1,010
Akhmeta m GE.KA.AM 6 GG08 31,461 41,641 2,207
Ambrolauri m GE.RK.AL 7 GG09 11,186 16,079 1,142
Aspindza m GE.SJ.AZ 8 GG10 10,372 13,010 825
Bagdati m GE.IM.BG 9 GG11 21,582 29,235 815
Batumi c GE.AJ.BT BUS 152,839 121,806 19
Bolnisi m GE.KK.BL 10 GG12 53,590 74,301 804
Borjomi m GE.SJ.BR 11 GG13 25,214 32,422 1,189
Chiatura m GE.IM.CT CHI GG14 39,884 56,341 542
Chkhorotsku m GE.SZ.CQ 12 GG15 22,309 30,124 619
Chokhatauri m GE.GU.CK 13 GG16 19,001 24,090 824
Chugureti d GE.TB.CH 65,230 0 0
Dedoplis Tskaro m GE.KA.DD 14 GG17 21,221 30,811 2,529
Didube d GE.TB.DI 70,018 0 0
Dmanisi m GE.KK.DM 15 GG18 19,141 28,034 1,199
Dusheti m GE.MM.DU 16 GG19 25,659 33,636 2,982
Eredvi m GE.SD.ER 0 0 0
Gagra d GE.AB.GG GAG 0 0 772
Gali d GE.AB.GL 17 0 0 1,003
Gardabani m GE.KK.GD 18 GG20 81,876 114,348 1,609
Gldani d GE.TB.GL 177,214 0 0
Gori m GE.SD.GO GOR GG21 125,692 0 2,267
Gudauta d GE.AB.GT 20 0 0 1,640
Gulripshi d GE.AB.GP 21 0 1,956 1,835
Gurjaani m GE.KA.GJ 22 GG23 54,337 72,618 846
Isani d GE.TB.IS 125,610 0 0
Java d GE.SD.JV 23 GG24 0 0 0
Kareli m GE.SD.KR 24 GG25 41,316 50,422 1,093
Kaspi m GE.SD.KP 25 GG26 43,771 52,217 823
Kazbegi m GE.MM.QZ 45 GG43 3,795 5,261 1,082
Keda m GE.AJ.KD 26 16,760 20,024 452
Kharagauli m GE.IM.KG 27 GG27 19,473 27,885 914
Khashuri m GE.SD.KS 28 GG28 52,603 62,714 585
Khelvachauri m GE.AJ.KV 29 51,189 90,843 410
Khobi m GE.SZ.KH 30 GG29 30,548 41,240 725
Khoni m GE.IM.KN 31 GG30 23,570 31,749 429
Khulo m GE.AJ.KL 32 23,327 33,430 710
Kobuleti m GE.AJ.KB 33 74,794 88,063 720
Krtsanisi d GE.TB.KR 39,286 0 0
Kurta m GE.SD.KT 0 0 0
Kutaisi c GE.IM.KT KUT GG31 147,635 185,965 0
Kvareli m GE.KA.QV 46 GG44 29,827 37,658 1,001
Lagodekhi m GE.KA.LG 34 GG32 41,678 51,066 890
Lanchkhuti m GE.GU.LK 35 GG33 31,486 40,507 533
Lentekhi m GE.RK.LE 36 GG34 4,386 8,991 1,344
Marneuli m GE.KK.MN 37 GG35 104,300 118,221 235
Martvili m GE.SZ.MV 38 GG36 33,463 44,627 881
Mestia m GE.SZ.MS 39 GG37 9,316 14,248 3,045
Mtatsminda d GE.TB.MM 49,052 0 0
Mtskheta m GE.MM.MK 40 GG38 55,651 64,829 806
Nadzaladevi d GE.TB.NZ 154,067 0 0
Ninotsminda m GE.SJ.NI 41 GG39 24,491 34,305 1,354
Ochamchire d GE.AB.OC 42 0 0 1,868
Oni m GE.RK.ON 43 GG40 6,130 9,277 1,748
Ozurgeti m GE.GU.OZ 44 GG41 62,863 78,760 675
Poti c GE.SZ.PO PTI GG42 41,465 47,149 0
Rustavi c GE.KK.RU RUS GG45 125,103 116,384 0
Saburtalo d GE.TB.SB 138,493 0 0
Sachkhere m GE.IM.SC 47 GG46 37,775 46,846 874
Sagarejo m GE.KA.SG 48 GG47 51,761 59,212 1,491
Samgori d GE.TB.SM 177,844 0 0
Samtredia m GE.IM.SM 49 GG48 48,562 60,456 364
Senaki m GE.SZ.SN 50 GG49 39,652 52,112 521
Shuakhevi m GE.AJ.SH 51 15,044 21,850 588
Signagi m GE.KA.SI 52 GG50 29,948 43,587 1,252
Sokhumi c GE.AB.SK 53 0 0 0
Sokhumi d GE.AB.SK 53 0 0 0
Telavi m GE.KA.TE 54 GG52 58,350 70,589 1,095
Terjola m GE.IM.TJ 55 GG53 35,563 45,496 357
Tetri Tskaro m GE.KK.TR 56 GG54 21,127 25,354 1,174
Tianeti m GE.MM.TI 57 GG55 9,468 14,014 906
Tighvi m GE.SD.TV 0 0 0
Tkibuli m GE.IM.TQ TQI GG56 20,839 31,132 478
Tkvarcheli c GE.AB.TV TQV 0 0 0
Tsageri m GE.RK.TG 58 GG57 10,387 16,622 755
Tsalenjikha m GE.SZ.TL 59 GG58 26,158 40,133 647
Tsalka m GE.KK.TK 60 GG59 18,849 20,888 1,051
Tskaltubo m GE.IM.TS TSQ GG60 56,883 73,889 700
Tskhinvali c GE.SD.TN 0 0 0 0
Vake d GE.TB.VK 111,903 0 0
Vani m GE.IM.VA 61 GG61 24,512 34,464 577
Zestaponi m GE.IM.ZP 62 GG62 57,628 76,208 424
Zugdidi m GE.SZ.ZD 63 GG64 105,509 167,760 682
Name: Modern Georgian name, transliterated from the Georgianalphabet. Typ: m = municipality; d = rayon (district); c = k'alak'i (city). HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middletwo letters identify the region. For key, see the Regions of Georgiapage. ISO: District codes from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in aglobal 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: From2014-11-05 census report . Excludesareas not under central government control. Pop-2002: From2002-01-17 census report . Excludes areasnot 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)