Atlanta

Atlanta ətlăn´tə, ăt– [key], city (1990 pop. 394,017), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek, near the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1847. It is Georgia's largest city and one of the leading cities of the South.

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• Introduction
• Economy and Transportation
• Points of Interest
• History
• Bibliography

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