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  2. Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    Atlanta (/ ætˈlæn (t) ə / ⓘ at-LAN- (t)ə) [ 14 ] is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring DeKalb County.

  3. History of Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line's terminus. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post).

  4. 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 ...

  5. Atlanta | History, Population, Facts, & Points of Interest

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    Atlanta is Georgias largest city and the principal trade and transportation center of the southeastern United States. It is the core of an extensive metropolitan area that includes 20 counties and cities such as Decatur, East Point, and Marietta.

  6. Atlanta - New Georgia Encyclopedia

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    Atlanta is the capital of Georgia, the state’s largest city, and the seat of Fulton County. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Atlanta is 498,715, although the metropolitan area (comprising twenty-eight counties and more than 6,000 square miles) has a population of more than 6 million.

  7. Geography of Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    The Geography of Atlanta encompasses 132.4 square miles (342.9 km 2), of which 131.7 square miles (341.1 km 2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2) is water. The city is situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, and at 1,050 feet (320 m) above mean sea level, Atlanta has the highest elevation among major cities east of the ...

  8. Atlanta - Wikiwand

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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.

  9. Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, U.S. | Britannica

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    Atlanta, City (pop., 2020: 498,715), capital of Georgia, U.S. Lying in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Atlanta is Georgia’s largest city. In 1837 a spot was selected there for a railroad terminus that would serve the southeastern U.S.

  10. Atlanta – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

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    Sitting on the Piedmont Plateau in Northern Georgia, Atlanta is almost entirely in Fulton County, while a part of the city limits extends into DeKalb County. The city covers 132 sq mi (343 km²), but Metro Atlanta, which includes 28 counties, has an area of 8,376 sq mi (21,693.7 km²).

  11. Atlanta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Wikinews

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    Atlanta (/ ætˈlæntə / at-LAN-tə) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, although a portion of the city extends into neighboring DeKalb County. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, it is the eighth most populous city in ...

  12. The creative, dynamic city is so popular, in fact, National Geographic selected Atlanta as one of the top destinations to visit in the National Geographic Best of the World 2022 list, and Lonely Planet included it in the Best in Travel list for 2022, the only U.S. city on the list.

  13. Explore things to do in Atlanta, popular attractions, events, restaurants & nearby hotels to help plan your trip or weekend in Atlanta.

  14. Conyers BioLab fire chemical plume | Updates for Monday Sept. 30...

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    CONYERS, Ga. — Conyers, a city of roughly 17,000, has been evacuated and surrounding Rockdale County, with a population of nearly 100,000, is under shelter-in-place guidance continuing into the ...

  15. Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Atlanta, a global city, is both the state's capital and its largest city. The Atlanta metropolitan area, with a population of more than 6.3 million people in 2023, is the 6th most populous metropolitan area in the United States and contains about 57% of Georgia's entire population.

  16. Atlanta, Capital Of Georgia - WorldAtlas

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    Atlanta, Capital Of Georgia. Once a humble stop along the Western, Georgian, and Atlantic railways, Atlanta has blossomed into one of the fastest-growing cities in the world – with a metropolitan area expanding more rapidly than any other in America.

  17. アトランタ - Wikipedia

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    アトランタ (英語: Atlanta 、 英語発音:[ætˈlæntə](音声ファイル) 、 現地発音:[ætˈlænə](音声ファイル))は、 アメリカ合衆国 の ジョージア州 北西部に位置する 都市。 同州の 州都 である。 市域の大部分はアトランタに郡庁を置く フルトン郡 の 郡庁所在地 内にあり、一部東隣の ディカーブ郡 にかかっている。 市域人口は498,715人(2020年 国勢調査) [ 1 ] で同州最大、全米では第38位である。 2023年の推計人口では50万人を突破した。 また、フルトン郡を中心に29郡にまたがる 都市圏 は人口6,089,815人(2020年国勢調査) [ 2 ] を数え、全米第9位の規模である。

  18. Atlanta (Georgia) – Wikipédia

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    Georgia állam nagyvárosa, hatalmas repülőtérrel, óriási ipari üzemekkel. A legfontosabb látnivalói a Coca-Cola kiállítása (a World of Coca-Cola) és a CNN stúdiói.

  19. Atlanta metropolitan area - Simple English Wikipedia, the free...

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    The Atlanta metropolitan area is an area around the city of Atlanta. The United States Office of Management and Budget calls the area the "Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area". It is also unofficially known as Metro Atlanta.

  20. Atlanta, Georgia - New World Encyclopedia

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    Atlanta is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Georgia with a population of 420,003 as of 2010, and is the core city of the ninth most populous United States metropolitan area at 5,268,860.

  21. Georgia residents evacuate as smoke billows from at chemical...

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    00:57. Georgia officials are asking some residents to evacuate after a fire at a chemical plant started spreading toxic smoke on Sunday. The fire began at the BioLab plant in Conyers – which is ...

  22. Demographics of Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    Atlanta is the capital and largest city in the state of Georgia. It ranks as the 37th-largest city in the United States, and the eighth-largest in the southeastern region. 2020 census results varied dramatically with previous Census Bureau estimates, counting a record 498,715 residents.

  23. Atlanta — Wikipédia

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    Atlanta (/ a t. l ɑ̃. t a / [1] ; en anglais : /æ t. ˈ l æ n. t ə / [2]) est la capitale et la ville la plus peuplée de l'État de Géorgie, aux États-Unis.Selon les dernières estimations du Bureau du recensement des États-Unis (2023), la municipalité a une population de 510 823 habitants [3] et son aire urbaine est peuplée de 6 307 621 habitants [4], ce qui en fait la sixième ...

  24. Metro Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the sixth-largest in the United States, based on the July 1, 2023 metropolitan area population estimates from ...

  25. Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    Atlanta (in inglese ascolta ⓘ, /ætˈlæntə/) è una città degli Stati Uniti d'America, capitale dello Stato della Georgia.Al censimento del 2020 la popolazione era di 498.715 abitanti [2].Secondo stime del 2021 l'area metropolitana conta 6.144.050 persone ed è l'ottava di tutti gli Stati Uniti d'America [3].Atlanta è divisa amministrativamente in due contee, la contea di Fulton e quella ...

  26. Downtown Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    Downtown Atlanta is the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The largest of the city's three commercial districts ( Midtown and Buckhead being the others), it is the location of many corporate and regional headquarters; city , county , state , and federal government facilities; Georgia State University ; sporting venues ...

  27. Atlanta, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    A detailed history of Atlanta from 1946 to 1996, with much about City Councilman, later Mayor, William B. Hartsfield's work in making Atlanta a major air transport hub, and about the American Civil Rights Movement as it affected (and was affected by) Atlanta.

  28. Buckhead - Wikipedia

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    Buckhead is the uptown commercial and residential district of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, comprising approximately the northernmost fifth of the city.Buckhead is the third largest business district within the Atlanta city limits, behind Downtown and Midtown, and a major commercial and financial center of the Southern U.S.. Buckhead is anchored by a core of high-rise office buildings, hotels ...