Atlanta
capital city of Georgia, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Atlanta, Georgia | |
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State capital of Georgia | |
City of Atlanta | |
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Motto(s): Resurgens (Latin for Rising again, alluding to the myth of the phoenix bird) | |
Coordinates: 33°44′56″N 84°23′24″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
Counties | Fulton, DeKalb |
Terminus | 1837; 187 years ago (1837) |
Marthasville | 1843; 181 years ago (1843) |
City of Atlanta | December 29, 1847; 176 years ago (1847-12-29) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Andre Dickens (D) |
• Body | Atlanta City Council |
Area | |
• State capital of Georgia | 136.76 sq mi (354.22 km2) |
• Land | 135.73 sq mi (351.53 km2) |
• Water | 1.04 sq mi (2.68 km2) |
• Urban | 1,963 sq mi (5,080 km2) |
• Metro | 8,376 sq mi (21,690 km2) |
Elevation | 738 to 1,050 ft (225 to 320 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• State capital of Georgia | 498,715 |
• Rank | 38th in the United States 1st in Georgia |
• Density | 3,600/sq mi (1,400/km2) |
• Urban | 4,975,300 |
• Urban density | 2,500/sq mi (980/km2) |
• Metro | 6,020,864[8] (9th) |
• Metro density | 710.5/sq mi (274.32/km2) |
• CSA | 6,775,511[9] (10th) |
• Demonym | Atlantan |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 30060, 30301–30322, 30324–30334, 30336–30350, 30340, 30353, 30363 |
Area codes | 404/678/470/770 |
FIPS code | 13-04000[10] |
GNIS feature ID | 0351615[11] |
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Rapid transit | |
Primary airport | Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
Website | atlantaga |
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