Atlanta
Atlanta is the caipital an lairgest ceety in the U.S.
state o Georgie. In 2010 Atlanta haed a estimatit population o aboot 542,822 fowk. The Atlanta metropolitan aurie, wi mair nor 5.9 million fowk, is the third lairgest in the Sootheastren Unitit States an the nint lairgest in the kintra. The Atlanta Combined Statistical Aurie, a lairger trade aurie, haes a population approachin sax million an is the lairgest in the sootheast. Lik mony urban auries in the Sun Belt, the Atlanta region haes seen increasin growthe syne the 1970s, an it addit aboot 1.1 million residents atween 2000 an 2008.
Atlanta | |
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| City of Atlanta | |
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| Eik-name(s): Hotlanta, ATL, The City in a Forest, The A, The Gate City. (See also article) | |
| Motto(s): Resurgens (Latin for rising again) | |
 Ceety heichlichtit in Fulton Coonty, location o Fulton Coonty in the state o Georgie | |
  Atlanta Location o the ceety o Atlanta, Georgie | |
| Coordinates: 33°45′18″N 84°23′24″W / 33.75500°N 84.39000°W 84°23′24″W / 33.75500°N 84.39000°W | |
| Kintra |  Unitit States |
| State |  Georgie |
| Coonties | Fulton, DeKalb |
| Terminus | 1837 |
| Marthasville | 1843 |
| City of Atlanta | 29 Dizember 1845 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Andre Dickens |
| • Bouk | Atlanta City Council |
| Area | |
| • City | 343.0 km2 (132.4 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 341.2 km2 (131.8 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.8 km2 (0.6 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,080 km2 (1963 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 21,690 km2 (8376 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 225 to 320 m (738 to 1050 ft) |
| Population (est. 2012) | |
| • City | 443,775 |
| • Density | 1230.9/km2 (3,188/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,975,300 |
| • Metro | 5,457,831 (9t) |
| • Metro density | 243/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| • CSA | 6092295 (11t) |
| • Demonym | Atlantan |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 30060, 30301-30322, 30324-30334, 30336-30350, 30353 |
| Area code(s) | 404, 470, 678, 770 |
| FIPS code | 13-04000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0351615 |
| Website | www |
Atlanta is conseedered tae be a tap business ceety an is a primar transportation hub o the Sootheastren Unitit States—via heich-gate, railwey, an air. Atlanta conteens the warld heidquairters o corporations such as The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot, AT&T Mobility, UPS, Delta Air Lines, an Turner Broadcasting. Atlanta haes the kintra's fowert-lairgest concentration o Fortune 500 companies, an mair nor 75 percent o Fortune 1000 companies hae business operations in the metropolitan aurie, helpin Atlanta realize a gross metropolitan product o US$270 billion, accoontin for mair nor twa-thirds o Georgie's economy. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Internaitional Airport haes been the warld's busiest airport syne 1998.
Atlanta is the coonty seat o Fulton Coonty an the location o the seat o govrenment o the state o Georgie. A smaw portion o the ceety o Atlanta corporate leemits stends eastwairds intae DeKalb Coonty. Residents o Atlanta an its surroondins are kent as "Atlantans".
Sister ceeties
Atlanta haes 22 sister ceeties, as designatit bi Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):
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References
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