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Atlanta
City
City of Atlanta
Banner o Atlanta
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Official seal of Atlanta
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Eik-name(s): 
Hotlanta,[1] ATL,[2] The City in a Forest,[3] The A,[4] The Gate City.[5] (See also article)
Motto(s): 
Resurgens (Latin for rising again)
Ceety heichlichtit in Fulton Coonty, location o Fulton Coonty in the state o Georgie
Ceety heichlichtit in Fulton Coonty, location o Fulton Coonty in the state o Georgie
Atlanta is located in the Unitit States
Atlanta
Atlanta
Location o the ceety o Atlanta, Georgie
Coordinates: 33°45′18″N 84°23′24″W / 33.75500°N 84.39000°W / 33.75500; -84.39000Coordinates: 33°45′18″N 84°23′24″W / 33.75500°N 84.39000°W / 33.75500; -84.39000
Kintra Unitit States
StateGeorgie (U.S. state) Georgie
CoontiesFulton, DeKalb
Terminus1837
Marthasville1843
City of Atlanta29 Dizember 1845
Govrenment
 • MayorAndre Dickens
 • BoukAtlanta City Council
Area
 • City343.0 km2 (132.4 sq mi)
 • Laund341.2 km2 (131.8 sq mi)
 • Water1.8 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)
 • City443,775
 • Density1230.9/km2 (3,188/sq mi)
 • Urban
4,975,300
 • Metro
5,457,831 (9t)
 • Metro density243/km2 (630/sq mi)
 • CSA
6092295 (11t)
 • Demonym
Atlantan[6]
Time zoneUTC-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 code13-04000[7]
GNIS feature ID0351615[8]
Websitewww.atlantaga.gov

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 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.[9][10] 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.[11][12]

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".[13]

Sister ceeties

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Relatit page: Leet o sister ceeties in the Unitit States

Atlanta haes 22 sister ceeties, as designatit bi Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "Love it or loathe it, the city’s nickname is accurate for the summer", ‘‘Atlanta Journal-Constitution’’, June 16, 2008
  2. ↑ “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’’
  3. ↑ "Atlanta May No Longer Be the City in a Forest", ‘‘WSB-TV’’ Archived 2014-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Because we're the only city easily identified by just one letter". Creative Loafing. 23 November 2011. Archived frae the original on 12 Mey 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Our Quiz Column". Sunny South. p. 5. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 23 Januar 2014.
  6. ↑ The term "Atlantans" is widely used by both local media and national media.
  7. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
  8. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
  9. ↑ "Top Industry Publications Rank Atlanta as a LeadingCity for Business. | North America > United States from". AllBusiness.com. Archived frae the original on 19 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2010.
  10. ↑ "Doing Business in Atlanta, Georgia". Business.gov. Archived frae the original on 2 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2010.
  11. ↑ "MONTHLY AIRPORT TRAFFIC REPORT" (PDF). Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. December 2008. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 4 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  12. ↑ "DOT: Hartsfield-Jackson busiest airport, Delta had 3rd-most passengers". 13 Mairch 2008.
  13. ↑ The term "Atlantans" is widely uised bi baith local media an naitional media.
  14. ↑ "Atlanta Sister Cities Commission". City of Atlanta. Archived frae the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 18 Februar 2013.
  15. ↑ "Tbilisi Sister Cities". Tbilisi City Hall. Tbilisi Municipal Portal. Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013. freemit airtin in |work= (help) "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2013. Retrieved 23 Januar 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  16. ↑ "Ra'anana: Twin towns & Sister cities – Friends around the World". raanana.muni.il. Archived frae the original on 30 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2010.
  17. ↑ "KMA establishes sister-city relations with seven cities". 2010 – Ghana News Agency. Archived frae the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 16 Julie 2012.
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