The Georgian Law on Self Government defines a municipality as a settlement (town or city; ქალაქი, k'alak'i) or a unity of settlement (community; თემი, t'emi) with defined boundaries, administrative center, as well as representative and executive bodies of government, and possesses their own assets, budget, and income.
[1] The municipalities have their own symbols such as flag and coat of arms, the designs of which are consulted with and approved by the State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia.
[1] The bodies of self-government at the level of municipalities are a representative council, sakrebulo (საკრებულო), directly elected for a four-year term, and an executive branch, headed by a mayor, directly elected for a four-year term.
[1] Tbilisi is also a self-governing city (municipality), which, further, enjoys a special legal status of the national capital.
It is further subdivided into districts (რაიონი, raioni), headed by gamgebeli (literally, "governor"), who are appointed by the Mayor of Tbilisi with the approval of the city council, sakrebulo.