Atlanta, Georgia
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City of Atlanta
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From top to bottom, left to right:
Downtown Atlanta
skyline seen from
Old Fourth Ward
, the
Center for Civil and Human Rights
,
World of Coca-Cola
,
CNN Center
,
Ebenezer Baptist Church
at the
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
, the
Georgia State Capitol
, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
,
Midtown Atlanta
skyline from
Piedmont Park
,
Krog Street Tunnel
, and
Swan House
at the
Atlanta History Center
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Flag
Seal
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Nicknames:
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Motto(s):
Resurgens
(Latin for
Rising again
, alluding to the myth of the phoenix bird)
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Interactive map of Atlanta
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Coordinates:
33°44′56″N
84°23′24″W
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33.74889°N 84.39000°W
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33.74889; -84.39000
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Country
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United States
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State
| Georgia
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Counties
| Fulton
,
DeKalb
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Terminus
| 1837
; 187 years ago
(
1837
)
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Marthasville
| 1843
; 181 years ago
(
1843
)
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City of Atlanta
| December 29, 1847
; 176 years ago
(
1847-12-29
)
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Mayor
| Andre Dickens
(
D
)
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? Body
| Atlanta City Council
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State capital
of Georgia
| 136.76 sq mi (354.22 km
2
)
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? Land
| 135.73 sq mi (351.53 km
2
)
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? Water
| 1.04 sq mi (2.68 km
2
)
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? Urban
| 1,963 sq mi (5,080 km
2
)
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? Metro
| 8,376 sq mi (21,690 km
2
)
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Elevation
| 738 to 1,050 ft (225 to 320 m)
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State capital
of Georgia
| 498,715
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? Rank
| 38th
in the United States
1st
in Georgia
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? Density
| 3,600/sq mi (1,400/km
2
)
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Urban
| 4,975,300
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? Urban density
| 2,500/sq mi (980/km
2
)
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Metro
| 6,020,864
[8]
(
9th
)
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? Metro density
| 710.5/sq mi (274.32/km
2
)
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CSA
| 6,775,511
[9]
(
10th
)
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Demonym
| Atlantan
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Time zone
| UTC?5
(
EST
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? Summer (
DST
)
| UTC?4
(
EDT
)
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ZIP Codes
| 30060, 30301?30322, 30324?30334, 30336?30350, 30340, 30353, 30363
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Area codes
| 404
/
678/470
/
770
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FIPS code
| 13-04000
[10]
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GNIS
feature ID
| 0351615
[11]
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Interstates
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Rapid transit
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Primary airport
| Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
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Website
| atlantaga
.gov
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Atlanta
is the
capital
and largest city of the U.S. state of
Georgia
. It is one of the South's largest cities. Atlanta is known as a major business city. It is the home of
Coca-Cola Company
,
CNN
,
AT&T
, and
Home Depot
, as well as many other
Fortune 500
companies. Atlanta's airport, called Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, is the busiest airport in the world. Atlanta is near the center of Georgia and is on the
Chattahoochee River
.
Atlanta was built on
Cherokee
Native American
land. It was called Terminus until 1843, when the name was changed to Marthasville. In 1845 the name was changed again to Atlanta.
[12]
During the
American Civil War
, Atlanta was where several battles happened. Some of the battles were the Battle of Peachtree Creek, the Battle of Atlanta, and the Battle of Ezra Church. The city was burnt down and almost entirely destroyed. After the war, the city was built again, and got a
nickname
because it was built so fast: "the Phoenix City", after the bird which burns itself then rises from the ashes in old myths. A picture of the bird is on the city seal.
Atlanta became the state capital in 1868.
There have been racial problems in Atlanta. During riots in 1906, at least 12 people died and more than 70 other people were hurt. In 1913, a Jewish man named Leo Frank was tried in court for
raping
and killing a girl in a factory where he worked. He was found guilty, but then the government decided not to execute him because not everyone was convinced he had done it. This upset people who thought he had killed the girl, and there were more riots in 1915 and Frank was lynched (hanged with a rope until he died).
In the 1930s, the
Great Depression
came to Atlanta. Many people did not have jobs and were hungry. The city government was almost out of money and the
Coca-Cola
company gave the city some money to help. In 1935, the government built the first federal
housing project
in the United States.
Atlanta's airport is named Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It is the busiest airport in the world.
Delta Air Lines
is an
airline
that has its main office in Atlanta, and it uses Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for many of its flights.
Turner Broadcasting
, which broadcasts
CNN
, has their main office in Atlanta.
The Coca Cola Company
also has their main office in Atlanta.
The City of Atlanta is home to two colleges.
Georgia Institute of Technology
, or Georgia Tech for short, and
Georgia State University
.
Year
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Notes
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1996
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The
Olympic Games
took place in Atlanta.
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2000
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The
census
records Atlanta's population as 416,474 people.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Atlanta
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- ↑
"Atlanta May No Longer Be the City in a Forest"
. WSB-TV. Archived from
the original
on October 28, 2014
. Retrieved
October 28,
2014
.
- ↑
"The service, dubbed the Atlanta Tourist Loop as a play on the city's 'ATL' nickname, will start April 29 downtown." "Buses to link tourist favorites"
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- ↑
"Because we're the only city easily identified by just one letter"
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Creative Loafing
. November 23, 2011. Archived from
the original
on May 12, 2012
. Retrieved
October 7,
2012
.
- ↑
"Love it or loathe it, the city's nickname is accurate for the summer"
.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
. June 16, 2008
. Retrieved
June 4,
2021
.
- ↑
"Our Quiz Column"
.
Sunny South
. p. 5. Archived from
the original
on December 18, 2014
. Retrieved
November 21,
2017
.
- ↑
"How Atlanta became the Hollywood of the South"
.
The Washington Times
. August 29, 2015
. Retrieved
May 25,
2016
.
- ↑
"2018 U.S. Gazetteer Files"
. United States Census Bureau
. Retrieved
February 12,
2020
.
- ↑
"Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010?2019"
.
United States Census Bureau
, Population Division. April 2019
. Retrieved
April 18,
2020
.
- ↑
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018 ? United States ? Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico"
.
United States Census Bureau
, Population Division. March 2018
. Retrieved
May 8,
2019
.
- ↑
"U.S. Census website"
.
United States Census Bureau
. Retrieved
January 31,
2008
.
- ↑
"US Board on Geographic Names"
.
United States Geological Survey
. October 25, 2007
. Retrieved
January 31,
2008
.
- ↑
Reed, Wallace Putnam (1889).
History of Atlanta, Georgia: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers
. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Company. p.
60
. Retrieved
August 8,
2018
.
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