Question: how many counties does the state of georgia have
[{'answer': '159', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '81618', 'title': 'List of counties in Georgia', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'start_character': 42, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_character': 45, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'answer': '159 counties', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '81618', 'title': 'List of counties in Georgia', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'start_character': 42, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_character': 54, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '81618', 'title': 'List of counties in Georgia', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'start_character': 0, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_character': 534, 'bleu_score': 0.9751504244977051, 'meta': {'yes_no_answer': 'NONE', 'annotation_id': 6526933439259328911}, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '81618', 'title': 'List of counties in Georgia', 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['The U.S. State of Georgia is divided into 159 counties', 'The U.S. State of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties', 'The U.S. State of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely local in nature. Also, eight consolidated city-counties have been established in Georgia: AthensClarke County, AugustaRichmond County, ColumbusMuscogee County, GeorgetownQuitman County, StatenvilleEchols County, MaconBibb County, CussetaChattahoochee County, and Preston-Webster County.\rhighlight sentence(s) containing evidence, not only the answer']}}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '4143721', 'title': 'List of counties in Kentucky', 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['Georgia 159;', 'Texas has 254 counties and Georgia 159; Virginia has only 95 counties, but also has 38 independent cities that are not part of any county and deal directly with the state government, giving that state 133 county-level administrative units.', 'This is a list of the one hundred and twenty counties in the U.S. commonwealth of Kentucky. Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties and 53 independent cities, which are county equivalents; depending on definitions, this is either third or fourth among U.S. states. Texas has 254 counties and Georgia 159; Virginia has only 95 counties, but also has 38 independent cities that are not part of any county and deal directly with the state government, giving that state 133 county-level administrative units. The original motivation for having so many counties was to ensure that residents in the days of poor roads and horseback travel could make a round trip from their home to the county seat and back in a single day, as well as being able to travel from one county seat to the next in the same fashion. Later, however, politics began to play a part, with citizens who disagreed with the present county government simply petitioning the state to create a new county. Today, 20 of the 120 counties have fewer than 10,000 residents, and half have fewer than 20,000. However the 20 largest counties by population, all have populations of 50,000 or higher. The average county population, based on an estimated 2017 state population of 4.454 million, was 37,117.']}}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '11346742', 'title': 'Geography of Georgia (U.S. state)', 'section': 'Section::::Political and human geography.\n', 'start_paragraph_id': 26, 'end_paragraph_id': 26, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['149 of the 159 counties in the state are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners while the other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner.', '149 of the 159 counties in the state are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners while the other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner.', '149 of the 159 counties in the state are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners while the other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner. All commissioners are elected by the voters of their county for terms that range between two and six years with most counties having terms lasting four years. Serving members wield both executive and legislative power in their county. Most of the 536 cities in Georgia are governed by a mayor-council system. All municipalities in the state are considered cities. There are no lesser incorporations such as towns, villages, or boroughs. Most basic public services rendered outside of the cities are provided by the counties. Georgia has almost eight million acres']}}]}]