Atlanta

Atlanta
State capital of Georgia
City of Atlanta
From top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Atlanta skyline seen from Old Fourth Ward, the Center for Civil and Human Rights, World of Coca-Cola, CNN Center, Ebenezer Baptist Church at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, the Georgia State Capitol, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Midtown Atlanta skyline from Piedmont Park, Krog Street Tunnel, and Swan House at the Atlanta History Center
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Nicknames:  The City in a Forest,[1] ATL,[2] The A,[3] Hotlanta,[4] The Gate City,[5] Hollywood of the South[6] (See also Nicknames of Atlanta)
Motto(s):  Resurgens (Latin for Rising again, alluding to the myth of the phoenix bird)
Interactive map of Atlanta
Coordinates: 33°44′56″N 84°23′24″W / 33.74889°N 84.39000°W / 33.74889; -84.39000
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Counties	Fulton, DeKalb
Terminus	1837; 188 years ago (1837)
Marthasville	1843; 182 years ago (1843)
City of Atlanta	December 29, 1847; 177 years ago (1847-12-29)
Government
• Mayor	Andre Dickens (D)
• Body	Atlanta City Council
Area [7]
• 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	2,553 sq mi (6,610 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	36th in the United States 1st in Georgia
• Density	3,600/sq mi (1,400/km2)
• Urban	5,100,112
• Urban density	2,000/sq mi (770/km2)
• Metro	6,104,803 (9th)
• Metro density	710.5/sq mi (274.32/km2)
• CSA	6,976,171 (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[8]
GNIS feature ID	0351615[9]
Interstates
Rapid transit
Primary airport	Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Website	atlantaga.gov

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.

1. ↑ "Atlanta May No Longer Be the City in a Forest". WSB-TV. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
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" Archived 2018-11-17 at the Wayback Machine The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
3. ↑ "Because we're the only city easily identified by just one letter". Creative Loafing. November 23, 2011. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
4. ↑ "Love it or loathe it, the city's nickname is accurate for the summer". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 16, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
5. ↑ "Our Quiz Column". Sunny South. p. 5. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
6. ↑ "How Atlanta became the Hollywood of the South". The Washington Times. August 29, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
7. ↑ "2018 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
8. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
9. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.