List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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Georgia is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with Template:Nts inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning Template:Convert of land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Georgia is divided into 159 counties and contains 535 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, consolidated city-counties, and consolidated cities.<ref name="Census Georgia 2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref name="Census 2020">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
There is no legal difference in Georgia between cities and towns.<ref name="NGE">Perry Hiott & Chris Dobbs, Georgia's City Governments, New Georgia Encyclopedia (last updated November 12, 2015).</ref> Eight municipalities have merged with their counties to form consolidated city-counties: Athens 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, and Webster County unified government with Webster County. Athens and Augusta also have municipalities independent of the consolidated governments and are considered consolidated cities.<ref name="Census Georgia 2010" />
The largest municipality by population in Georgia is Atlanta, 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".<ref name="Census 2020" /> The largest municipality by land area is Augusta, a consolidated city-county, which spans Template:Convert, and Edge Hill and Santa Claus are tied for the smallest, at Template:Convert each.<ref name="Census 2010" /><ref group="lower-alpha">The city of Payne was abolished on March 27, 2015 by the Georgia General Assembly.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref></ref>
List of municipalities
- Most populous cities and towns in Georgia by population
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Atlanta, the state capital and most populous city in Georgia
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Columbus, Georgia's second-most populous city
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Augusta, Georgia's third-most populous city
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Macon, Georgia's fourth-most populous city
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Savannah, Georgia's fifth-most populous city
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Athens, Georgia's sixth-most populous city
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Sandy Springs, Georgia's seventh-most populous city
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