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Fulton County, Georgia

Fulton County, Georgia: most populous of Georgia's 159 counties (1,066,710 in 2020), county seat Atlanta, created 1853 from DeKalb County, consolidated with Milton and Campbell in 1932, governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners.

Ga South

Ga South Municipal District, capital Ngleshie Amanfro, is a municipality in Ghana's Greater Accra Region under the Ga South Municipal Assembly (L.I. 2316, inaugurated 2018), with 350,121 residents (2021 census) and a mixed commerce, service, and agricultural economy.

Gallatin County, Montana, United States

Gallatin County, Montana, county seat Bozeman, named for Albert Gallatin; one of Montana's nine original 1865 counties, fastest-growing in the state, 128,740 residents in 2025, home to Montana State University.

Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Gangseo-gu (강서구) is an autonomous district of western Seoul, South Korea, founded 1977, with 41.45 km², 20 dongs, about 548,000-563,000 residents, Gimpo International Airport, Magok district, Seoul Botanic Park, and the most urban parks of any Seoul district.

Gaular

Gaular was a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway (number 1430), an agricultural district on the salmon river Gaula with center Sande; merged into Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland on 1 January 2020.

Gaziosmanpaşa

Gaziosmanpaşa (old name Taşlıtarla) is a district on Istanbul's European side, named after Gazi Osman Pasha. Made a district in 1963, it peaked at over 1 million residents in 2007 before being split, and is a major urban transformation site.

Gemeente Amsterdam

Gemeente Amsterdam (municipality of Amsterdam) is the Dutch municipality governing Amsterdam, the Netherlands' capital. It has a 45-member city council (2026–2030, PRO Amsterdam–D66 coalition), a government-appointed mayor, 7 districts plus Weesp, 941,873 residents, and a 7.8 billion euro 2026 budget.

Gimhae-si

Gimhae-si (김해시), city in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, between Busan and Changwon; former Gaya capital, home of UNESCO-listed Daeseong-dong tombs, Gimhae International Airport, and about 567,000 residents.

Giurgiu

Giurgiu, Romanian Danube port city and county capital opposite Ruse, Bulgaria; Ottoman Yergöğü, fortress first documented 1403, Friendship Bridge opened 1954; county population 258,793 (2026).

Glamorgan

Glamorgan, also known as Glamorganshire, is a historic county of southern Wales. Its county town is Cardiff, and it includes Swansea and the Gower peninsula.

Glen Eira

The City of Glen Eira is a local government area in Melbourne's inner south-east, formed in 1994 from Caulfield and part of Moorabbin, with a 2021 population of 148,908.

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire, an English county of 1,025 square miles at the northern edge of the southwest region. Its county council dates from 1889; from 1 April 2028 a single unitary Gloucestershire Council with 110 councillors replaces it and six district councils, though the programme was paused in September 2026.

Gmina

Gmina (plural gminy), often translated commune or municipality, is Poland's lowest self-government and administrative unit. Three types (urban, urban-rural, rural); 2,479 gminas as of 1 January 2025; governed by an elected council and wójt, burmistrz, or city president under the 1990 act.

Goiânia

Goiânia, capital of Goiás, Brazil: planned city founded 1933 by Pedro Ludovico Teixeira, designed by Attilio Corrêa Lima for 50,000 people; 2022 census population 1,437,366.

Goiás, Goiás

Goiás, also called Cidade de Goiás or Goiás Velho, is a Brazilian municipality founded in 1727 that served as the state of Goiás's capital until 1937.

Gonda

Gonda (गोण्डा) is a district in Devipatan Division, Uttar Pradesh, India, headquarters at Gonda city. Area 4,003 sq km; 2011 population 3,405,376; four tehsils; Ghaghra and Saryu rivers; sugar industry.

Gorodskoy Okrug Blagoveshchensk

Gorodskoy Okrug Blagoveshchensk (городской округ город Благовещенск) is the urban okrug of Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, created by 2005 oblast law; 321 km², 245,200 residents (2023), includes Belogorye, Mukhinka, and other rural localities.

Gorodskoy Okrug Bryansk

Gorodskoy Okrug Bryansk (городской округ город Брянск) is the urban okrug of Bryansk city, administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia; four city districts, population about 392,000 (2023), charter adopted 2005.

Gosnells

Gosnells is a suburb and City local government area in southeastern Perth, Western Australia, on Whadjuk Noongar country along the Canning River. Municipality established 1907, city status 1977, population over 133,000.

Governador Valadares

Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Rio Doce municipality (257,171 people, 2022 census), founded 1938 as Figueira, famed for emigration to the United States sustained by social networks and remittances.

Goyang-si (city)

Goyang-si (고양시), Goyang Special City, is a city in northwestern Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, bordering Seoul, with about 1.06 million residents, three districts (Deogyang, Ilsandong, Ilsanseo), KINTEX, and city status since 1992.

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat (ग्राम पंचायत), the village-level council of India's Panchayati Raj rural local government, headed by a Sarpanch; constitutionalized by the 73rd Amendment (1992, in force 1993), with Gram Sabha, 29 Eleventh Schedule subjects, women's reservation, and eGramSwaraj digital planning.

Gramado

Gramado is a Serra Gaúcha municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, also called a gramadense tourist city. Known for Natal Luz, the Gramado Film Festival, Bavarian-style architecture, and over 8 million annual visitors; emancipated from Taquara in 1954.

Gravataí

Gravataí is a Brazilian municipality in the Porto Alegre metropolitan region of Rio Grande do Sul, one of Brazil's main automotive centers since a General Motors plant opened there in 2000.

Greater Dandenong

City of Greater Dandenong, a Melbourne southeast local government area proclaimed 15 December 1994 from Dandenong and Springvale; 158,208 people (2021), 63% born overseas, home to Little India precinct.

Greater Geelong

Greater Geelong is a Victorian local government area (LGA22750) centred on Geelong, 75 km southwest of Melbourne. Victoria's largest regional municipality: 295,052 residents (June 2025), formed 18 May 1993 from six councils, governed by the City of Greater Geelong.

Greater London

Greater London: the administrative area of 32 London boroughs, the City of London and the Temples, created by the London Government Act 1963, covering about 1,572 km2 with almost nine million residents and governed by the Greater London Authority.

Guarujá

Guarujá, the "Pérola do Atlântico", is a São Paulo state municipality on Ilha de Santo Amaro in the Baixada Santista, emancipated from Santos in 1934, with 27 beaches, 287,634 residents (2022), and a tourism-based economy.

Gura Dobrogei

Gura Dobrogei, also formerly Cavargic, is a village in Cogealac commune, Constanța County, Romania, founded in 1885, with a 239-hectare natural reserve and a cave archaeological site occupied from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age.

Gwanak-gu

Gwanak-gu (관악구) is a southwestern autonomous district of Seoul, South Korea, established in 1973 from Yeongdeungpo-gu. It covers 29.56 km², has 21 dongs, about 478,000 residents, Seoul National University's main campus, and Gwanaksan Mountain (829 m).